| Scientific Name: | Hamamelis mollis |
| Common Name: | Chinese witch hazel |
| Family Name: | Hamamelidaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous, Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Tomentose, Obovate, Orbicular, Serrate, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Yellow, Red, Jan-Feb-Dec |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Mar-Apr, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Shrub multi-stem, branches 45 degrees; leaves alternate, obovate, serrate edge towards apex, oblique/cordate base, texture soft and pubescent with grey tomentose below, most 8-15cm long x 5-10cm wide, petioles mostly < 1cm long and pubescent. Winter ID: flowers fragrant yellow/red, spider-like, Dec-Mar; fuzzy reddish stems and buds; clusters of small oval flower buds prior to flowering; fruit capsules may be present. | |