The Dawes Arboretum
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Hamamelis
virginiana
'Harvest Moon'
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Image: Payton, Gregory - The Dawes Arboretum
Common name:
Harvest Moon common witch-hazel
Family:
Hamamelidaceae (witch-hazel family)
Distribution:
Species native to e.-c. and e. North America
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5
Life form:
Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Comments:
A recently introduced selection that is large and vigorously growing. It is a vase-shaped, deciduous shrub growing 15-20' tall and wide. New growth is reddish bronze maturing to rich green. The abundantly produced flowers are lemon-yellow with a faint scent, flowering mid through late autumn and make an outstanding display. Fall color is yellow. An excellent specimen or accent plant.
Links:
RHS Horticultural Database
Locations
1:
HAM: AY08
(AY08)
• Accession: D2013-0130.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
Area
Individual