American Witchhazel

Scientific Name: Hamamelis virginiana L.
Family: Hamamelidaceae

Recommended Temperature Zone:
Sunset®: 1-9,14-16,18-21
USDA: 3 - 9

Sun Exposure: Part sun to light shade

Origin: Eastern North America, from Canada to northeastern Mexico, where it grows as a small understory tree

Growth Habits: Deciduous shrub or small tree, 15 to 25 feet tall (4.5-7.5 m); leaves 3 to 6 inches long (8-15 cm)

Flowers: Yellow flowers

Watering Needs: Regular water

Propagation: Heeled cuttings in summer, grafting or buddings, seeds that can take a year to germinate

Propagation: Seed or occasionally grafting/budding, cutting, layering

• by semi-hardwood stem tip cuttings, in early summer. Apply IBA TALC 8000 PPM. Use intermittent mist.
• by trench layers. remove a ring of bark.
• by 'T' grafts, in late summer. Use a Hamamelis Virginiana as graftstock. Form the T-cut low down on the stock.
• by seeds, in autumn. Germinates at 75 degrees F. The seeds can also be harvested in autumn. The seeds need stratify 40F in sand 3mo.. The usual germination temperature is 75 degrees F.

Blooming Habits:
Yellow, scented flowers with 0.5 to 0.8 inch long very narrow petals (1.2-2 cm), in September and October, pollinated by the winter moth. The fruit is a woody capsule containing two to four seeds, ripening the following fall.