
#1387 most planted
Hamamelis x intermedia
Witch hazel
BroadleafDeciduous
50
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
6
cities
20 in
median trunk (50 cm, 44 measured)
19 yr
median age (86% have a planting date)
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This deciduous shrub grows up to 15 ft tall and wide, featuring zig-zagging stems and leaves that turn yellow in autumn. It is prized for its showy yellow, orange, or red flowers with twisted petals that appear on bare stems in midwinter through early spring.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 350.03%23 yr20 in
- 60.04%—5.3 in
- 40.00%——
- 20.00%—10 in
- 20.00%——
- 10.00%—6.0 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 12–15 ft
- Canopy spread
- 12–15 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Jan, Feb, Mar
Trunk diameters across every city: median 20 in, mean 17 in, 90th percentile 20 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Hamamelis in the catalogue
6 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.