(Witchhazel)

Yellow fall foliage followed by a golden flower display in early to midwinter are key ornamental features of the hybrid known as 'Brevipetala'. First upright in form and then when older a rounded larger shrub or miniaturized tree, this selection of witchhazel originated at the Chenault Nursery in Orleans, France in 1935. Its parents are the vernal and Chinese witchhazels.

The leaves emerge with a yellowish green hue in spring and mature to medium green. Orb-like in shape, the undersides are slightly...

(Showy Witchhazel)

This late winter blooming hybrid shrub is certainly the most widely celebrated. In the last dreary days of winter its branches become dotted with fragrant, colorful, spidery flowers. The vase-shaped shrub blends and amplifies the great ornamental characteristics of its two parents, Chinese witchhazel (Hamamelis mollis) and Japanese witchhazel (H. japonica).

Witchhazel has dull dark green leaves that are broadly oval with wavy edges and short tips. The new leaves are glossier...

(Angelly Witchhazel, Showy Witchhazel)

This late winter blooming hybrid shrub is certainly the most widely celebrated. In the last dreary days of winter its branches become dotted with fragrant, colorful, spidery flowers. The vase-shaped shrub blends and amplifies the great ornamental characteristics of its two parents, Chinese witchhazel (Hamamelis mollis) and Japanese witchhazel (H. japonica).

Witchhazel has dull dark green leaves that are broadly oval with wavy edges and short tips. The new leaves are glossier...

(Arnold Promise Showy Witchhazel, Showy Witchhazel)

A well-known and highly revered selection, ‘Arnold Promise’ boasts extra large flowers of brilliant yellow that really stand out in the winter landscape. It also offers vigorous growth, a lovely vase-shaped habit and fine fall color. It was introduced in 1963 by The Arnold Arboretum, the arboretum of Harvard University in Boston.

This late winter blooming hybrid shrub is certainly the most widely celebrated. In the last dreary days of winter its branches become dotted with fragrant, colorful,...

(Diane Showy Witchhazel, Showy Witchhazel)

Diane witchhazel brings love dark red and spicy scented flowers to the winter landscape. Dense tufts of ribbony, faintly fragrant, dark red flowers in the last days of a dreary winter are what makes this somewhat vase-shaped deciduous shrub so terrific. It perfectly blends and amplifies the great ornamental characteristics of its parents, Chinese witchhazel (Hamamelis mollis) and Japanese witchhazel (H. japonica). This hybrid was developed in 1969 by Robert de Belder at the Kalmthout...

(Jelena Showy Witchhazel, Showy Witchhazel)

The vibrant coppery gold and deep red flowers of 'Jelena' put on a super show. In the last dreary days of winter the branches of this vigorous cultivar become lined with fragrant, colorful, spidery flowers that brighten the landscape when most other plants are dormant. This spreading vase-shaped shrub amplifies the great ornamental characteristics of its two parents, Chinese witchhazel (Hamamelis mollis) and Japanese witchhazel (H. japonica). It was selected by Robert de Belder...

(Primavera Witchhazel, Showy Witchhazel)

This late winter blooming hybrid shrub is certainly the most widely celebrated! In the last dreary days of winter, after other hybrid witchhazels, the upright branches of 'Primavera' become lined with fragrant, colorful, spidery yellow flowers. The large, vase-shaped deciduous shrub blends and amplifies the great ornamental characteristics of its two parents, Chinese witchhazel (Hamamelis mollis) and Japanese witchhazel (H. japonica). This selection was introduced in 1969 by Robert...

(Showy Witchhazel)

Bushy and upright, Ruby Glow showy witchhazel bears dull red to pale coral-violet flowers and yellow to orange-red fall foliage. In the last dreary days of winter its branches become lined with faintly fragrant, ribbon-like crinkled flowers. The vase-shaped shrub blends the ornamental characteristics of its two parents, Chinese witchhazel (Hamamelis mollis) and Japanese witchhazel (H. japonica f. flavopurpurascens), first grown as a seedling in 1935 and introduced into...

(Japanese Witchhazel)

Japanese witchhazel's bare, architecturally interesting branches become a party of color and mild fragrance in late winter with tiny, multicolored, spidery blossoms. This native of Japan is a wide-spreading deciduous shrub with smooth, dark gray-brown bark and glossy, broadly oval, mid-green leaves. In autumn, they turn yellow, red and purple. Upon the bare, brown branches in late winter will be delicate tufts of very thin, crinkly yellow petals like look like tiny, short ribbons. The four petals...