Plant ID please

didyw · February 2022

This has been growing and getting bigger each year and I kept leaving it to see if it turned into anything. Well, today I got up close and personal with it as I was weeding and saw that it now has beautifully scented flowers. Ah - I thought - it is a self-set verbena bodnantense! I turned around to check the verbena bodnantense that I have growing on the other side of the path - and of course that has lots of flowers at the moment - but no leaves! And the flowers are different. Anyone any idea what this plant could be?

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Athelas · February 2022

It’s Sarcoccoca hookeriana (Himalayan sweet box) I believe — lovely scent

Bee witched · February 2022

Could be a sarcococca ?

Bee x

https://www.thompson-morgan.com/p/sarcococca-hookeriana-winter-gem/T80332TM?source=google-prodex&gclid=Cj0KCQiAr5iQBhCsARIsAPcwROPGVE9E9yDOCuv0uJmhqRSU4VgQVFmwx1eY5gi3AKA6-mAUMMsgrEMaAgQZEALw_wcB

Obelixx · February 2022

I think you're getting your wires crossed between viburnum bodnantense and verbena bonariensis @didyw tho it's neither of those.

I agree with sarcocca hookeriana.

dappledshade · February 2022

Definitely a large leaved sarcococca - lovely purple black berries follow the tiny, scented flowers.

didyw · February 2022

Thanks everyone! I have a sarcococca elsewhere in the garden - but that has tiny white flowers, so how this one has appeared is a mystery. And you are right @Obelixx - I of course meant viburnum!

GardenerSuze · February 2022

There are different forms of sarcococca. Think yours is S hookeriana, I grow one with white flowers and more glossy leaves S confusa both have a lovely winter scent on a sunny winters day. You can smell the scent on the air.

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