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The reverse does show and the mix of colors is delightful

dissected carpet of leaves form the backdrop to a skiff of profuse butter-yellow flowers in early spring

later becoming dark green

bright red

Sarcococca ruscifolia, Sweet Box ground cover which included biography details ofIn late winter you will follow your nose to this earliest blooming shrub to enjoy the sweet, sweet fragrance from the small white flowers. With lustrous, narrow, dark green leaves on arching branches. Happiest in deep to part shade but adaptable to some sun with sufficient water. Will tolerate drought once established Disease resistant; evergreen. Birds will raid it for its small red berries which darken to black as they age. Plant it near an entrance