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Hamamelis × intermedia 'Candlelight Vigil'
Common name:
Candlelit Vigil hybrid witch-hazel
Family:
Hamamelidaceae (witch-hazel family)
Distribution:
hybrid: selection of Hamamelis japonica × H. mollis
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5
Life form:
Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Comments:
An underpublicized and little-known cultivar selected and introduced by Hamamelis leader Tim Brotzman. 'Candlelight Vigil' offers up memorable vibrant yellow blooms with good fragrance in early spring, at a time when most other selections have moved beyond their flowering cycle. Named in remembrance of the students lost and injured in the Chardon, OH school shooting.
Locations
1:
HAM: AW08
(AW08)
• Accession: D2019-0159.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
HAM: AX09
(AX09)
• Accession: D2019-0159.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
3:
HAM: AY09
(AY09)
• Accession: D2019-0159.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual