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| Very tiny flowers in February. |
Planted in spring 2006, but moved twice until it finally ended up in the garden along the driveway.
In 2011 it was split in two from a bad snowstorm, but recovered. Slow to start and set back by damage, it has taken years to turn into a large shrub / tree.
(Note: Hybrids are grafted, so root suckers will be a different plant. Prune the suckers below the graft union.)
It has a spreading branch habit.
The flowers are coppery -- not red as described or as I had seen 'Diane' at Broken Arrow Nursery.
Beautifully, delicately, sweetly fragrant on warm days in February and March. Cut branches and bring them into the house to bloom, the scent is delightful.
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| Mature 'Diane' at Broken Arrow in March. Mine has never had flowers this red. |
I limbed 'Diane' up, exposing the nicely twisted lower stems, and I like the effect. Fall color can be a nice butterscotch, but when winter comes this witch hazel hangs onto its leaves.
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| 11/14 13 |
The brown leaves hang on all winter and it looks awful. The leaves hide the tiny flowers in winter, so it's hard to see them. The old leaves don't blow off until spring.
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| 11/29/13 |
As it matures it will develop less of a tendency to hold its leaves. The mature one at Broken Arrow had red flowers in late winter and no persistent foliage.
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| 10/29/15 |
With limbing up and taking off some side branches, I wanted to get this spreading witch hazel to be a little taller and tree shaped, but it is truly a wide, almost flat topped shrub.
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| 11/2/15 |
