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Hamamelis × intermedia 'Orange Beauty'
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Common name:
Orange Beauty hybrid witch-hazel, August Lamken hybrid witch-hazel
Family:
Hamamelidaceae (witch-hazel family)
Synonym:
Hamamelis × intermedia 'August Lamken'
Distribution:
hybrid: selection of Hamamelis japonica × H. mollis
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5
Life form:
Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Comments:
A medium to large-growing, deciduous shrub, reaching 10' tall and 15' wide. Wonderfully scented mid to late winter flowers have twisted, strap-shaped petals that open yellow-orange. Their bases are tinted reddish purple giving an overall good orange color to this spreading shrub. Leaves are alternate, simple, dark green in summer taking on yellow-orange fall color. An excellent specimen for the winter landscape in the shrub border.
Links:
Missouri Botanical Garden Kemper Center- Plant Finder
Locations
1:
HAM: AY09
(AY09)
• Accession: D1998-0185.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
PKW: AO06
(AO06)
• Accession: D2004-0247.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual