Scientific Name:
Hamamelis
x
intermedia
Pronunciation:
ham-uh-MEE-liss ex in-tur-MEE-dee-uh
Common Name:
hybrid witch hazel
Family Name:
Hamamelidaceae
Plant Type:
Tree - deciduous
Key ID Features:
Shrub vase-shape/ascending branches; leaves fall colour gold to deep purple-red. Winter ID: buds fuzzy; flowers clusters of buds, or spider-like flowers, yellow, or orange to dark red in Jan-Feb on bare fuzzy stems.
Habit:
Horizontal, Spreading
Form:
Vase
Texture:
Coarse
Mature Height:
2 - 3m
Mature Spread:
4 - 5m
Origin:
Garden origin (H. japonica x H. mollis)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Humus rich, Well-drained
Landscape Uses:
Fall interest, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Winter interest, Woodland margin
Additional Info:
Google. Cultivars shown or on campus may include H. 'Jelena' (copper colour bloom with petals tips turning yellow and orange-red fall leaf colour), and H. 'Orange Beauty' (orange flowers), and H. 'Pallida' (yellow flowers), and H. 'Ruby Glow' (red flowers).
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Heavily veined, Pinnate venation
Surfaces:
Colour in Fall:
Yellow, Orange, Red
Shapes:
Obovate, Ovate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Oblique (uneven), Rounded
Margins:
Crenate, Sinuate
Additional Info:
Spectacular fall colour
Inflorescence Type:
Flowers clustered, Floriferous
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
4
Corolla Shape:
Cruciform
Ovary Position:
Inferior
Colour (petals):
Showy, Orange, Yellow, Dark-red
Flower Scent:
Fragrant
Flower Time at Peak:
Jan, Feb
Fruit Type:
Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Sep, Oct
Additional Info:
Not showy,
Bark or Stem Colour:
Leaf Bud Type:
Oblong, Stalked
Leaf Scar Shape:
Half-round
Propagation:
Grafting
Other:
remove suckers from bases of grafted cultivars
Pest Susceptibility:
Fungal leaf spot, Galls, Heart rot (Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant)
Course(s):
- HORT 2355
Location(s):
- (BUG) BUG garden : cv. Pallida (not H. mollis)
- (QRR) Quercus Robur Row planting : cv. Jelena