Chinese Witch Hazel

Is in fine bloom this year
It is very slow growing .. maybe only an inch or so every year. I bought it at a fair size and have had it now for maybe 10 years

 

Lovely!
Just can't grow them on my limey soil so just have to scratch your eyes out and think how lovely your pics are.

 

Your witch hazel looks beautiful! Mine (about the same size as yours) has only one or two blooms out at present.

It is a beautiful plant - I really LOVE the unusual scent, and the acid - bright dazzle of the flowers - so cheering at this time of year! It makes a great backdrop in my border during the spring and summer, with it's fresh greenery, then becomes quite spectacular in the autumn - each leaf a little rainbow of colour!

I was so impressed, I 'bullied' my parents into buying one for their garden - they haven't regretted my persuation!

 

I bought one last year as part of a RHS collection - one tht doesn't have yellow - it's more an orangey-brown colour, called Diane

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/364.shtml

It's small, but just give it time..... :D

 

This is one of ours.

We have a yellow one, an orange one, a red one and this one which is the darkest of them. Cannot remember the names though!

 

That looks like my one, Pal, Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diane', just mine's a lot smaller.....

 

Mine is called 'Pallida' if it helps

 

You have inspired me whis4ey to buy one of these They are truly beautifull.

 

Mine is a pallida too, my nextdoor neighbours have a large Diane - it is stunning - though it took me a few years to realise that it was full of beautiful flowers, not brown leaves (it's the far side of their garden!).

A close up of the pallida flower: