Hamamelis spp. Growing zones: 3 to 9 Light needs: Full to part shade Grown for: Showy, fragrant flowers that provide colorful winter interest Foliage: Gray-green leaves that turn yellow-orange in cool ...

Inside the gall, the tiny insect reproduces asexually. Her 50-70 female offspring hatch, grow and develop wings, and then disperse to spread to other witch hazel plants and repeat the process.

Attracting pollinators while deterring deer is a win-win. This popular native shrub fits the bill, and there are tons of ...

Witch hazel is typically sold as a small container plant or a bare-root plant. Ease it out of its pot, or plant the bare root as soon as the soil can be worked in spring.

Witch hazel flower petals are quite prized for their show but they are little thread-like affairs. Seems strange though, that such a diminutive and dainty flower would get so much attention.

That makes witch-hazel a bit unusual for a native plant in that it has both seeds and flowers on its branches at the same time. Seed capsules that are present this fall are from flowers that were ...

In horticulture, witches can be no less terrifying. Many, but not all, of the plants that have "witch" in their names are indeed villainous. First, let me mention the "good witches." ...

Every Halloween millions dress up as witches without ever realizing they were merely ordinary women with extraordinary knowledge of plants and medicine.