Range of colourful blooms
Witch hazels are a small group of deciduous shrubs native to North America, China and Japan, where they thrive in woods and on riverbanks. The ‘witch’ part of the name is believed to derive from the Old English word ‘wice’, which meant pliable and refers to the bendy nature of the branches. The Chinese witch hazel, Hamamelis mollis, was discovered in 1878 by the plant hunter Charles Maries on an expedition to China sponsored by James Veitch’s plant nursery. The qualities of the plant, however, weren’t immediately appreciated, and it was the hybridising of the Chinese and the Japanese witch hazels that produced more floriferous plants with a range of colourful blooms that made these popular garden shrubs.
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