General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Plant Height: 8 to 12 feet (2.4-3.7 m)
Plant Spread: 8 to 12 feet (2.4-3.7 m)
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Pops open explosively when ripe
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Winter
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Provides winter interest
Erosion control
Awards and Recognitions: Other: RHS-AGM 2006

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Common names
  • Witch Hazel
Also sold as:
  • Hamamelis mollis 'Copper Beauty'

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Location: j c raulston arboretum, ncsu,  raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2024-02-14
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire
Date: 2017-01-02
Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Pinehurst, NC (Atkins hillside garden)
Date: February 14, 2023
Witch Hazel 'Jelena' #170 nn; LHB p. 490, 92-1-?, "Greek name 'to
Location: j c raulston arboretum, ncsu,  raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2024-02-10
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)
Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC (Atkins hillside garden)
Date: February 14, 2023
Witch Hazel 'Jelena' #170 nn; LHB p. 490, 92-1-?, "Greek name 'to
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2016-02-20
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2018-10-10
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)
Location: portland oregon
Date: 2023-01-14
welcome bright bloom in winter
Location: Botanical Garden Meise
Date: 2016-03-06
Location: j c raulston arboretum, ncsu,  raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2020-02-21
Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC (Atkins hillside garden)
Date: February 14, 2023
Witch Hazel 'Jelena' #170 nn; LHB p. 490, 92-1-?, "Greek name 'to
Location: Central Ohio, zone 5/6
Date: Jan 23, 2012
Jalena in bloom mid January in Ohio
Location: Sun Zone 6
Date: 2012-01-23
Location: j c raulston arboretum, raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2020-01-19
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-07-13
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-07-13
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2004-10-23
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2023-01-17

Date: 2012-01-23
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-03-23

Date: 2006-02-06
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-10-10
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Meise Botanical Garden)
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Meise Botanical Garden)
Date: 2024-01-24
Location: RHS Harlow Carr gardens, Yorkshire, England UK 
Date: 2021-10-10
Hamamelis 'Jelena'
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-07-13
Location: Twisp
Date: August
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Meise Botanical Garden)

Date: 2015-11-02

Date: 2015-11-02
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2010-10-30
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2015-11-07
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2015-11-07
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