Witch Hazel
Hamamelis × intermedia
Wants dappled shade and almost no interference — take out a crossing branch and otherwise leave it be.
Light Dappled shade, or a spot that catches only the morning sun.
Water Soil that stays moist without ever going soggy.
Height 4 m
Spread 11 ft 6 in
Spacing 350 cm
Spacing & sowing
- Plant spacing
- 11 ft 6 in
- In-row spacing
- 11 ft 6 in
- Between rows
- 14 ft 4 in
- Square-foot density
- Not suited to SFG
Growing
- Type
- Shrub · Perennial
- Botanical family
- Mixed / other
- Sunlight
- Dappled shade, or a spot that catches only the morning sun.
- Watering
- Soil that stays moist without ever going soggy.
- Feeding
- An annual mulch of leaf mold.
- Frost tolerant
- Yes
- Flowering
- January
- Pruning
- Very little — take out crossing branches and stop there.
Through the year
- Jan–Mar Flowering
- Mar–Jul Bud Break
- Jul–Nov Growing
- Nov–Dec Leaf Fall
- Jan–Jan Leaf Fall
Companions
Snowdrops, Hellebores, Winter aconites
Pests & problems
- Generally trouble-free No notable pest or disease problems when grown in the right conditions — one of the easy ones.
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