Scientific Name: Hamamelis virginiana
Common Name: witch hazel
Native Range: Eastern North America
Zone: 3 to 8
Plant type & Form: Deciduous shrub
Height: 15.00 to 20.00 feet
Spread: 15.00 to 20.00 feet
Bloom Time: October to December
Bloom Description: Yellow
Flower: Stem-hugging clusters of fragrant bright yellow flowers, each with four crinkly, ribbon-shaped petals, appear along the branches from October to December, usually after leaf drop but sometimes at the time of fall color
Fruit: greenish seed capsules that become woody with age and mature to light brown. Each seed capsule splits open in fall of the following year, exploding the 1-2 black seeds within for up to 30 feet
Leaf: Oval to obovate, medium to dark green leaves (to 6” long) with dentate to wavy margins turn quality shades of yellow in fall
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Soil type & pH: Prefers moist, acidic, organically rich soils
Maintenance: Low
Suggested Use: Hedge, Naturalize, Rain Garden
Tolerates: Deer, Erosion, Clay Soil
Identification notes: Look for larger, wavy leaves and small yellow late-blooming flowers
