{"id":3685,"date":"2012-11-07T01:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T06:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=3685"},"modified":"2012-11-07T12:41:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T17:41:45","slug":"fall-blooming-little-suzy-american-witchhazel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/11\/07\/fall-blooming-little-suzy-american-witchhazel\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Blooming \u2018Little Suzy\u2019 American witchhazel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hamamelis virginiana 'Little Suzie' in October '12<\/p><\/div>\n

Little Suzy American witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana <\/em>\u2018Little Suzy\u2019) was hybridized and introduced by Harald Neubauer, owner of Hidden Hollow Nursery in Belvidere, TN. This medium sized shrub grows 8-10 feet tall and 10-15 feet wide. It is particularly suited to small urban gardens where standard American witchhazels (20-25 feet in height and width) are too large. Little Suzy\u2019s short compact nature is due to its shorter internode lengths.<\/p>\n

Little Suzy blooms freely at a young age. The witchhazel-scented soft yellow blooms appear in October and November in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA hardiness zones 6 and 7). The 4- narrow, strap-shaped yellow petals appear at a time of year when little else is blooming.<\/p>\n

New leaves emerge reddish-bronze in early spring and turn dark green. Summer leaves are dark green and remain blemish-free from disease and pest woes. Foliage stays clean and pest-free throughout the growing season. The 3 to 6 inch long coarsely toothed leaves turn clear yellow before falling in late autumn.<\/p>\n

American witchhazel is not finicky where it grows, either in full sun to partial shade. It prefers moist, acidic, and well drained soil, but a 2-year established shrub exhibits good heat and drought tolerances. Their “popcorn” like\u00a0seed capsules can disperse \u00a0seeds 25 feet or more away.<\/p>\n

American witchhazel is utilized as a fall blooming oddity or plant several together\u00a0for a deciduous hedge or privacy screen. Through judicious pruning a shrub can be shaped into a lovely small tree.<\/p>\n

Little Suzy witchhazel is available from specialty plant nurseries on-line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Little Suzy American witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana \u2018Little Suzy\u2019) was hybridized and introduced by Harald Neubauer, owner of Hidden Hollow Nursery in Belvidere, TN. This medium sized shrub grows 8-10 feet tall and 10-15 feet wide. It is particularly suited to small urban gardens where standard American witchhazels (20-25 feet in height and width) are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,707,299,440,674,774,627,601,630,646,7,848],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3685"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4056,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3685\/revisions\/4056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}