Wordless Wednesday – Winter’s Headily Fragrant Sarcoccoca

By Gardeningjules @Gardeningjules

Sarcococca confusa – tiny white flowers packing a powerful scent, followed by black berries

Tiny white flowers and last years red berries still remaining on Sarcoccoca ruscifolia var chinensis

After her winter hibernation Buff-tailed Queen Bumble Bee dusted in Sarcoccoca pollen seeking nectar.

Sarcoccoca hookeriana var digyna, its tiny white winter flowers providing nectar and pollen for Honey Bees

Packing a powerful fragrance, three forms of Sarcoccoca in the Anglesea Abbey Winter Garden providing pollen and nectar for awakening Queen Bumbles and other Pollinators.