re: hammamelis
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: re: hammamelis
- From: "* W* <w*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 07:53:18 PST
>I love my witch hazel, but it's the last to bloom in my back yard here
in s. Wisconsin -- in late October. Is that because of the variety - it
is not a named cultivar - or is it the climate?>
->Barb Perna>Southwest WI, Zone 4
Yes-- Hammamelis Virginia (--nicus? -nica? ..Latinize somehow) is the
american witchHazel and it blooms in the fall so that the yellow leaves
and the yellow flowers come together. Very fragrant-- pungently
astringent-- and this is why it is used medicinally (WitchHazel extract
is from this tree.)
My witch hazel is blooming now. It is the 'Jellena' cultivar, and
described as being exceptionally pretty. But at least this year, it is
still holding all of its leaves from last year, and they really hide
the blooms! I wonder if that is all I can expect, or is it likely an
effect of the very mildwinter?
I would expect that it is the mild winter. I live in Zone 6. My Jelina
did not drop all of its leaves this year either; so I carefully pulled
them off (the ones that the deer didn't eat.) They were dead anyway...
My Jelina is small so it's not a big project. It is in bloom now. I am
still waiting for "arnold's promise " to bloom. My american witchHazels
did not bloom a lot last fall, I am not sure why but I am tempted to
feed them this year.
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Helen Wright
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cbotproj3@code22.npt.nuwc.navy.mil
wrighh@hotmail.com
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