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Hamamelis 'Doerak'
Common name:
Doerak witch-hazel
Family:
Hamamelidaceae (witch-hazel family)
Synonym:
Hamamelis × intermedia 'Doerak', Hamamelis mollis 'Doerak'
Distribution:
hybrid: alleged hybrid
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5
Life form:
Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Comments:
Originating from Europe, about 1980, as a seedling selection. This deciduous plant forms a rounded, deciduous shrub to 9' tall and wide. Leaves are simple and alternate, 3" long and wide, medium green in summer with no appreciable fall color. Flowers open in mid-winter (late January) sporting crimped, yellow petals. The sepals, which form the base of the flower, appear maroon. Noted for its extensive blooming time which spans several weeks.
Links:
Missouri Botanical Garden Kemper Center- Plant Finder
Locations
1:
HAM: AY08
(AY08)
• Accession: D2018-0335.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
Area
Individual