(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...

(Japanese Witchhazel, Zuccariniana Japanese Witchhazel)

Zuccariniana witchhazel's bare, architecturally interesting branches become a party of color and mild fragrance in late winter with tiny, palm yellow, 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 yellowish orange. Upon the bare, brown branches in late winter will be delicate tufts of very thin, crinkly and twisting yellow petals like look like ribbons. Each individual blossom...

(Chinese Witchhazel)

Mid- and late winter is made much more exciting with the extremely fragrant, spider-like blossoms of the Chinese witchhazel. A rounded, densely branched deciduous shrub from southeastern China, it is relatively rare to be found in the secondary forests there. The leaves are broadly oval, dull green with fuzzy, gray-green undersides. In autumn, they become a lovely gold or orange-yellow. Upon the bare, brown branches in late winter will be tufts of thin, crinkly yellow petals like look like tiny,...

(Ozark Witchhazel, Vernal Witchhazel)

Grown for its spicy-scented winter flowers and colorful fall foliage, vernal witchhazel is a medium to large deciduous shrub from the south-central United States.

This upright, rounded shrub bears oval, scallop-edged, medium-green leaves along its gray-barked branches. The leaves often turn bright yellow in fall. Small flowers with four narrow, ribbon-like, yellow to coppery-red petals cluster along the naked branches in winter or early spring, opening as early as Christmas in mild winters....

(Ozark Witchhazel, Vernal Witchhazel)

Selected for its showy fall foliage, 'Autumn Embers' is a cultivar of vernal witchhazel (Hamamelis vernalis), a medium to large deciduous shrub from the south-central United States. Like others of its species, it bears spicy-scented flowers in winter or early spring.

The oval, scallop-edged, medium- to dark-green leaves of this upright, rounded shrub are borne alternately along gray-barked branches. The leaves turn shades of orange, bronze, and purple in fall. Small flowers with...

(Ozark Witchhazel, Vernal Witchhazel)

Bearing its spicy-scented blooms during the shortest days of the year, 'Christmas Cheer' flowers weeks to months earlier than most other forms of vernal witchhazel.

The oval, scallop-edged, medium- to dark-green leaves of this upright, rounded shrub are borne alternately along gray-barked branches. The leaves turn buttery yellow in fall. Small flowers with four narrow, ribbon-like, coppery-orange petals cluster along the naked branches for several weeks beginning in late fall or early winter....

(Ozark Witchhazel, Vernal Witchhazel)

Selected for its exceptional fall color, 'Sandra' is a cultivar of vernal witchhazel (Hamamelis vernalis), a medium to large deciduous shrub from the south-central United States. Like others of its species, it bears spicy-scented flowers in winter or early spring.

The oval, scallop-edged, medium- to dark-green leaves of this upright, rounded shrub are borne alternately along gray-barked branches. The leaves turn various shades of purple, orange, and yellow in fall. Small flowers...

(Ozark Witchhazel, Vernal Witchhazel)

Prized for its sunny yellow winter flowers, 'Squib' is a cultivar of vernal witchhazel (Hamamelis vernalis), a medium to large deciduous shrub from the south-central United States.

The oval, scallop-edged, medium- to dark-green leaves of this upright, rounded shrub are borne alternately along gray-barked branches. The leaves turn yellow in fall. Small flowers with four narrow, ribbon-like, cadmium-yellow petals cluster along the naked branches for several weeks in winter or early...

(Common Witchhazel)

The spreading branches of the common witchhazel become covered with fine, ribbony blossoms of bright yellow in autumn as its yellow fall foliage is dropping. This large, multi-stemmed deciduous shrub exists in the moist understory of forests across the eastern United States and southern Canada. It is tough, hardy and adds delicate beauty to the fall garden.

The broad, oval leaves of common witchhazel are medium to dark green with irregular, wavy toothed edges. In autumn, the foliage turns warm...