Hamamelis mollis - Witch hazel
Location: Dunham Massey National Trust. H. mollis is a deciduous shrub that is planted for its ornamental features and for its fragrant flowers. They can reach heights of 4m and can take 10-20 years to get there, this specimen is around 2m tall so its already halfway through its ultimate growth capacity. It prefers to grow in full sunlight and moist-well drained soils. Around it are ornamental grasses, tulips and daffodils in the background.
The flowers that appear in late Winter are frost resistant and produce an irregular crown of yellow-paper like strips for petals.
The bark appears grey, this specimen has moss growing around it thats giving the distinctive green colour.
The leaves are ovulate with a point at the tip and are serrated on the margins. They have small hairs on the underside.
An emerging leaf showing it's hairs and another earlier emerged leaf behind it.
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