Hamamelis. Exotic Winter Flower

You just can’t get through January without mentioning Hamamelis. 

This breath-taking plant should be plant of the month every January without a doubt.  

Exotic, spidery blooms exude a spicy scent that positively fills the air around each plant.  The papery blooms are produced on bare branches in January and are immune to hard frosts.  Flowering from December to March Hamamelis there is a choice of flower colour to suit any mixed planting scheme.  

Hamamelis can be used as a large shrub or small tree in a woodland environment or mixed border and as a specimen plant in a semi-shaded position.  

Popular choices are:

Diane with crimson red flowers

mollis with bright yellow petals with a red/ orange hue to the base of each petal

Pallida with large sulphur yellow flowers 

Ruby Glow with red flowers that have a slight orange hint to them

But don’t stop there.  Checkout other varieties here…… 

 
Don’t forget the almost rainbow-coloured leaves in the autumn before they fall – spectacular! 

       

Diane                                                                                              mollis                                          Pallida                                            Ruby Glow