General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Plant Height: 9 to 12 feet (2.7-3.7 m)
Plant Spread: 9 to 12 feet (2.7-3.7 m)
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Pops open explosively when ripe
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Winter
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Provides winter interest
Erosion control
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Awards and Recognitions: Other: RHS-AGM 2005

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Common names
  • Witch Hazel
  • Chinese Witch Hazel

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Location: Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis
Date: 2023-02-21
Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
Date: 2023-02-11
Location: my garden
Date: 2010 February
Bloomed January - March; especially welcome in snow
Location: RHS Hyde Hall, Essex, UK.
Date: 2023-01-21
Location: Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg
Date: 2018-03-11
Location: my garden
Date: 2012, February 4
What a fantastic antidote to winter gloom:)  please excuse the de
Location: near Seattle
Date: 2015-02-07
Dead leaves hang on until flowering is over
Location: near Seattle
Date: 2015-10-11

Date: 2010-03-21
Location: Botanical Garden Meise
Date: 2016-03-06
Location: Taken at Longwood Gardens in 2009.
Date: 2006-02-06
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2013-04-21
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2013-04-21
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