{"id":3687,"date":"2013-01-24T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=3687"},"modified":"2013-01-23T11:52:04","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T16:52:04","slug":"vernal-witchhazel-and-new-cultivar-quasimodo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2013\/01\/24\/vernal-witchhazel-and-new-cultivar-quasimodo\/","title":{"rendered":"Vernal Witchhazel and New Cultivar \u2018Quasimodo\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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'Quasimodo' Dwarf Vernal Witchhazel (photo by Highland Creek Nursery, Fletcher, NC)<\/p><\/div>\n

Vernal witchhazel (H. vernalis<\/em>) is a dense growing 8 to 12 foot native shrub which blooms in mid-winter in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA hardiness zones 6 and 7). It is winter hardy to zone 4. Small \u00bd inch wide yellow flowers, flushed\u00a0red at the base, emit a pleasant witchhazel aroma in the February garden. Often, it\u2019s the fragrance that attracts gardeners to the small strap-like flowers\u00a0blooming in the\u00a0winter garden.<\/p>\n

New leaves flaunt a\u00a0reddish purple tint in early spring. The 2 – 5 inch long\u00a0by 2\u00a0– 3 inch wide leaves are medium green and\u00a0remain pest free throughout the growing season.\u00a0Fall leaf colors gradually change from green to yellow\u00a0to gold. Unfortunately, many dead leaves often hang on through the winter, concealing\u00a0many of the winter\u00a0flowers. Vernal witchhazel’s root system tends to sucker prolifically. The branch wood\u00a0displays a pale gray\u00a0color.<\/p>\n

\u2018Quasimodo\u2019 is a compact 3 – 4 foot high shrub, slightly taller than wide. This diminutive cultivar is an excellent choice for a small garden. Quasimodo was hybridized and introduced by Pieter Zwijnenburg in the Netherlands.\u00a0 Quasimodo drops most leaves in late fall so that its burnt orange flowers are in plain sight in the mid-winter landscape. Winter flowering period may last 3-4 weeks.<\/p>\n

Vernal witchhazel grows in full sun to moderate shade and requires little extra care.\u00a0The soil should be adequately\u00a0drained and mildly acidic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Vernal witchhazel (H. vernalis) is a dense growing 8 to 12 foot native shrub which blooms in mid-winter in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA hardiness zones 6 and 7). It is winter hardy to zone 4. Small \u00bd inch wide yellow flowers, flushed\u00a0red at the base, emit a pleasant witchhazel aroma in the February […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,707,299,645,674,806,774,853,627,723,630,7,455,848],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3687"}],"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=3687"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4552,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3687\/revisions\/4552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}