While walking through some woods in Clarke County this week, I noticed a faint, citruslike fragrance in the chilly air. I quickly spied the source, a witch-hazel tree in full bloom. The small tree ...

Witch hazel is one of few winter-flowering shrubs or small trees that can help illuminate garden borders in the cold and dark months of the year. Along with camellias, wintersweet and winter ...

Witch hazels are spectacular plants. When all else in the yard is dormant, these small trees or shrubs can transform an otherwise colorless winter landscape, producing a bounty of unusual, spider ...

Witch hazel provides bright yellow blooms when winter seems the darkest and most dreary. The small tree has an open structure that makes it an adaptable and it's super easy to care for in most ...

Seeing a witch hazel blooming profusely in December can cause a first-time observer to shake his head in disbelief. From afar, the plant appears to glimmer with scattered pale-yellow stars.

A Year in the Forest” by Phoebe Wahl is a picture book I enjoy re-reading every year. There’s a sweet and heartwarming story ...

We all need a little help getting through winter. My wife, for instance, is an obligate palm tree person. About 20 years ago, after a few years of trying to convince me that we should head south ...

Chinese witch hazel (Hamamelis mollis) has larger, more fragrant flowers than native types. It reaches about 8 to 10 feet tall and blooms in shades of yellow, gold, or orange in late winter to ...

You may be familiar with its name from the bottle of astringent found in your home medicine cabinet, or for sale on pharmacy shelves near rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide. What you may not know ...

While most perennial plants are settling in for a winter slumber, Missouri’s native witch hazels, Hamamelis virginiana, also known as American or common witch hazel, and H. vernalis, best known ...

Winter is fast upon us. The shortest days of the year are ahead, but gardening is done for most of us. That being said, I still have flowers in bloom outside: my witch-hazel trees are showing gorgeous ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Witch hazel Q • Last year I saw some interesting plants at the Missouri Botanical Garden that had fragrant yellow and ...