{"id":3690,"date":"2013-01-07T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=3690"},"modified":"2014-08-04T14:03:06","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T18:03:06","slug":"witchhazels-invent-their-own-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2013\/01\/07\/witchhazels-invent-their-own-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Witchhazels Invent Their Own Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hamamelis x intermedia 'Gingerbread' blooming in February<\/p><\/div>\n

Witchhazels (Hamamelis spp<\/em>.) are\u00a0medium to large shrubs which can be shaped into small trees\u00a0by judicious pruning. In general, all witchhazels grow in full sun but\u00a0can\u00a0prosper with\u00a0moderate amounts of shade. Other than pruning, they\u00a0require little extra care.\u00a0Plant in any soil type as long as it is adequately\u00a0drained and mildly acidic.<\/p>\n

Species native to the Eastern United States include American witchhazel (H. virginiana<\/em>) and vernal witchhazel (H. vernalis<\/em>). \u00a0Asian species include Chinese witchhazel (H. mollis<\/em>), Japanese witchhazel (H. japonica<\/em>), and hybrid forms (H. x intermedia<\/em>). The witchhazel flower color palette ranges from pale yellow, deep gold, copper, and purplish red.<\/p>\n

In calendar order, first to flower is Vernal witchhazel (USDA hardiness zone 4).\u00a0Vernal is a densely branched 8 to 12 foot\u00a0shrub which blooms\u00a0from early to mid-winter. Usually, flowering follows a short warm period.\u00a0Small \u00bd inch wide yellow flowers, flushed\u00a0red at the base, emit a pleasant witchhazel aroma.<\/p>\n

The Asian witchhazels follow from mid-February thru most of March. Flowers of many new cultivars are larger and brighter colored. Among witchhazels the Asian forms present the widest flower color palette and have increased\u00a0in popularity as a group<\/p>\n

American witchhazel is the last\u00a0to bloom in October and November\u00a0in Southern Appalachian region (USDA hardiness zones 6 and 7). This witchhazel grows tall and is\u00a0frequently pruned\u00a0into an 18-25 foot tree.<\/p>\n

All witchhazels turn pale yellow to dark golden foliage colors in autumn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Witchhazels (Hamamelis spp.) are\u00a0medium to large shrubs which can be shaped into small trees\u00a0by judicious pruning. In general, all witchhazels grow in full sun but\u00a0can\u00a0prosper with\u00a0moderate amounts of shade. Other than pruning, they\u00a0require little extra care.\u00a0Plant in any soil type as long as it is adequately\u00a0drained and mildly acidic. Species native to the Eastern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,707,299,440,674,806,649,774,601,723,646,708,455,848],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3690"}],"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=3690"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6448,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3690\/revisions\/6448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}