Vernal Witch-Hazel

Hamamelis vernalis
Hamamelidaceae

Growth Habit

Shrub

Description

Unfolding leaves are suffused with plum purple changing to green and slightly flushed with purple on theundersides, in fall turning orange and red. The flowers are cadmium yellow. Originated in Hillier'sNursery, 1962.

Source of plant

Gossler Farms Nursery, MacDonald's Nursery

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

foliage characteristics, flowering season, fall color