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.

GARDENING GERRY DALY A PLANT for the winter garden, or one of the first signs of spring, the flowers of the witch hazel are welcome on both counts. In a mild winter, the flowers can appear in ...

Late-fall and winter-flowering plants such as witch hazel change all that, according to native plant expert Helen Hamilton, a Williamsburg resident who taught biology, chemistry and earth science ...

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 ...

How to grow witch hazel trees for mid-winter colour and scent THE witch hazel in my front garden has been in flower for at least a week, with its burnt orange tassels lighting up the bare stick ...

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 ...