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Hamamelis japonica
Japanese witch-hazel is a hardy, horizontally spreading deciduous shrub or small tree from Japan, valued for its fragrant yellow flowers on bare branches in winter. It is grown in temperate gardens, most often in sun or light shade in fertile, well-drained soil.
Hamamelis japonica, Japanese witch-hazel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hamamelidaceae, native to Japan but widely cultivated in temperate situations elsewhere. A horizontally spreading, hardy deciduous shrub or small tree, it is notable for the slightly fragrant yellow blooms which clothe its naked branches in the depths of winter through to early spring (usually in January and February). The green leaves follow, and in favourable locations they turn yellow before dropping in autumn.
H. japonica is one parent of the hybrid Hamamelis × intermedia, an extremely popular and widespread award-winning garden shrub, whose other parent is Hamamelis mollis.
Hamamelis ×intermedia · Chinese witch hazel · Leonard's witch hazel · Ozark witchhazel · American witchhazel · Witch-hazel
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hamamelis japonica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
