Library Talk: Sarcococca Confusa - The Christmas Box Mystery!

Walk/Walk & Talk/Guided Tour
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5
Dec

RHS Garden Wisley, GU23 6QB

RHS Garden Wisley, GU23 6QB

Address

Wisley Lane, Woking

Venue

RHS Garden Wisley, RHS Hilltop – The Home of Gardening Science, Wisley Library

Booking

  • Member

    Free entry applies

  • Non-member

    Normal garden admission applies

  • Places

    12 total

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Overview

  • Tour running time

    11am–11.30am

  • Subject

    Walk/Walk & Talk/Guided Tour

At RHS Garden Wisley, join us for a Library Talk at RHS Hilltop – The Home of Gardening Science. This talk is a collaboration between our Library and Botany team.  Showcasing items from the library collections, this session is free and pre-bookable. Taking place on a Friday morning in the Foyle Reading Room. Most talks are 15 to 30 minutes long.

Botanical Whiff: Sarcococca confusa- the sweet box mystery!

Ever wondered what that sweet fragrance is in the depths of winter? You look around, but no flowers are to be seen? Why is this member of the box family,  Sarcococca confusa, also known as Christmas box, not listed in the Flora of China, when south central China is its supposed place of origin?  Find out more about this shy, but fragrantly flamboyant plant in this combined library and botany talk.

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