HAMAMELIS

Pallida

Witch Hazel

FEATURES:

A vase-shaped, deciduous shrub with ascending branches and bright green leaves that turn yellow in autumn. It produces fragrant sulphur-yellow coloured flowers, with crimped petals, in mid and late winter on the bare branches.

HEIGHT & WIDTH:

3.5 metres x 3.5 metres

SHAPE:

Vase shaped with ascending branches.

FOLIAGE:

Green leaves, turning yellow in Autumn.

FLOWERS:

Fragrant sulphur yellow flowers in mid and late winter on bare branches.

COMMENTS:

Considered one of the best of the witch hazels in terms of fragrance and delightful spider-like flowers during winter.

TREE CARE:

Plant in a well drained and well worked soil. Take care to plant the bud union above the soil level. Water in well and keep soil moist until tree is established. Fertilize when planting and again after new growth appears. Prune tree when planting to encourage new growth.