Hamamelis virginiana Best Seller a lineage worth preserving

a lineage worth preserving

a new expression baked into the genetics rather than a fluke of one season

In the warm months the shrub carries dense terminal heads of small

and only floppy

usually three to four feet tall

Hamamelis virginiana Best Seller a lineage worth preservingHamamelis virginiana does everything backwards, and that is the entire appeal. When the rest of the woods has shut down for the year, when the leaves are gone and nothing else is in flower, witch hazel chooses that exact moment to bloom: spidery yellow flowers, all thin crimped strap like petals, scattered along the bare branches through late fall and into the cold. They carry a faint sweet scent on a mild day and they wait, patiently, for whatever