Hamamelis virginiana
witch-hazel
Hamamelidaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
shrub
Size:
10-15 ft tall by 10-15 ft wide
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
yellow
Fruit Color:
brown
Phenology:
Deciduous, blooms in fall, fruits ripen in summer.
Noted For:
Showy Flowers
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Specimen or background plant. It is unusual in that it blooms in the fall.
Considerations:
Light:
Part Sun, Shade
Moisture Tolerance:
Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Not wet but not extremely dry
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Loam
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B,9A,9B
Ecology
Wildlife:
Birds, Mammals
Pollinated by moths that are active on cooler nights consistent with the season of flower for witch hazel.
The fruit is eaten by bobwhite, white-tailed deer, rabbit and beaver
Native Habitats:
Dry mesic deciduous forests, bluffs, hammocks, sinks, floodplains, creek swamps.
