29+ Witch Hazel Shrub Arnold S Promise

Plant near entries and patios to enjoy the fragrance. Each flower consists of 4 ribbon like crinkled strap shaped petals and a red calyx.

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Witch hazel shrub arnold s promise

For native plant aficionados our north american native witch hazel hamamelis virginiana is also trialed along with five of its cultivars. Once this done prune the main stems of the witch hazel to 6 to 10 inches 15 25 cm from the ground. A large deciduous shrub with colorful fragrant flowers during the winter witch hazel is virtually maintenance free and resistant to most pests and diseases.

Arnold promise is an upright vase shaped cultivar with ascending branches and a spreading habit. I have enjoyed this large growing shrub to small tree sized plant and its copious late winter and early spring fragrant bright yellow blooms. Arnold promise witch hazel plants are deciduous flowering shrubs that are prized for their bright blooms that arrive as early as march in usda plant hardiness zone 5.

Witch hazels perform best in full sun or filtered shade in hotter regions where the flowers glow like fiery embers in the backlight of the low winter sun. Arnold promise witch hazel is the first of this fine species that i had the pleasure to become acquainted with and plant for myself back in the 1980s. Arnold s promise witch hazel produces stunning flowers with wavy clear yellow petals and red cups on its bare branches.

The native species is hardy usda zones 3 8 spectacular in autumn it flowers at the same time as its leaves turn golden yellow rather than blooming in winter and its fragrance is somewhere between sweet and intoxicating on a fine fall day. This unusual shrub also adds blazing color to the winter landscape. Then trim back branches above it to two buds.

Hamamelis x intermedia arnold promise sku 3928 flowers with wavy clear yellow petals and red cups appear on the bare branches of this unusual shrub supplying blazing color in late winter. Remove all branches and sprouts that have appeared below the graft. It will typically grow 12 15 tall and is noted for its sweetly fragrant flowers and later bloom than most of the other x intermedia cultivars.

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