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is commonly known as witch hazel and its bright
flowers are a welcome harbinger of spring. Its bare
branches, brought into the house, will reward you with
scented blossom, weeks before it appears in the
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H.intermedia
'Arnold Promise' |
H.intermedia
'Pallida' |
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Hamamelis x
intermedia pallida is a paler yellow and more
scented than Arnold Promise. With me, it is also less
floriferous and somewhat sparser in growth. Both
colour well in the autumn. They grow quite happily in
a fairly shaded position and are very undemanding.
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Incidentally
the name has nothing to do with witches, but derives
from an old English word wiche
or wice meaning
pliable or bendable (Wikipedia)
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Photos Danny McCaughan
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