What is Hamamelis Mollis?

Hamamelidaceae family, under the order of Saxifragales, contains 27 families, including the family hamamelis . Experts divide this genus into five species, which people often refer to as hazel witch plants. Most gardeners refer to the plant Hamamelis Mollis as a Chinese Witch's hazel, which, as the common name suggests, is originally from parts of China. This half -deciduous plant can grow like an upright shrub that is approximately 10 to 15 feet tall (about three to four and a half m), and sometimes it is a tree growing to a height of 25 feet (about seven and a half m). It generally carries clusters of fragrant, yellow flowers that open in winter or early in the spring.

Hamamelis mollis usually has ascending branches with large oval medium dark green leaves that have soft hairy or downy cover and gray underside. Leaves of three to six inches (about seven to 15 cm) are generally gold in the autumn and/or orange. Most groups increase the plant for their distinctive winter flowers that areThey appear on bare branches in the middle to late winter. The plant produces a cluster of sweet calling yellow flowers Sports spider, feeding petals that can be as long as one and one half inches (almost four cm).

Fruit hamamelis mollis is not negligible, is less than one inch (less than two and a half cm) size and green to black. The plant is unusual in an unusual way. In the summer, when the fruit ripens, the walnut capsule closes the seeds. Sometimes people hear the soft sound of a crackling pig that some experts think

Hamamelis Mollis generally survives better in a protected location, far from cold winds. In general, temperatures of -10 ° F (-23 ° C) or below have a negative effect on the plant, which often causes its flowers to drop and not produce fruit. Some gardensIt increases it as an espalied specimen against the wall. It prefers a partial sun or full sun and moist, acidic soil that has a high fertile organic matter.

Many of the hazel of witches are useful, especially as an astringent hazel of the witch. Hamamelis Mollis usually has no healing value. People generally increase this only for their ornamental attraction.

The general name of the Sinship The Witch Hazel refers to other families and species of the Hamamelidaceae family, including corylopsis sinensis and loropetalum chinense . The buyer usually needs to examine which one wants in the garden. Gardener can often choose a suitable sample from several cultivars hamamelis mollis .