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Winterhazel, Corylopsis glabrescens

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Fragrant winter hazel, C. glabrescens.
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Fragrant winter hazel, C. glabrescens.
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Fragrant winter hazel, C. glabrescens.
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Fragrant winter hazel, C. glabrescens.
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Fragrant winter hazel, C. glabrescens.
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Buttercup winterhazel, Corylopsis pauciflora.
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Common Name:  fragrant winterhazel
Botanical Name: Corylopsis glabrescens
Form:   multi-stemmed upright, vase shape
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Genus: Corylopsis
Species: glabrescens
Plant Type:  deciduous shrub
Mature Size: 8 to 15 feet tall and wide
Growth: medium
Origin: Japan, Korea
Hardiness Zone: 
Foliage:  simple, ovate, 2”to 4” long, cordate base, dentate leaf margins, pubescent, dark green summer, gold to yellow in autumn
Flowers: 1½ ” long flower clusters (racemes), fragrant, yellow in February and March
Fruit: not showy dehiscent capsule
Stems: alternate leaf arrangement, brown thin stems that zigzag along branches
Exposure: full sun to light shade
Soil: moist, acidic, well-drained
Uses: winter interests, fragrance, massing, borders, foundation plant, woodlands, hummingbirds
Propagation:  seeds, cuttings
Pruning: after flowering
​Problems: late frost damage flower buds

Comments: Protect from intense afternoon sun and strong winds. They benefit with a 3 inch layer of mulch around the plant, but not against the stems. Water in the summer.
 
Winterhazels offer delightful fragrance, and butter yellow flowers that provide heavenly nectar to hummingbirds when there’s not much out there. They are a positive delight to see and smell during the dark days of winter. During the summer, they still look good with their zigzag stems, appealing shape and simple foliage that turns a brilliant yellow to gold in fall. These are well-behaved plants with little issues, no diseases or bugs. Their only problem is the flowers may become damaged with heavy frost.
 
Another fragrant wonderful winter flowering winterhazel is the buttercup winterhazel (C. pauciflora). This dainty shrub bears smaller flowers and leaves on plants that are only 4-6' tall by 6-8'. It is vase shaped that becomes flat topped with age. It’s very cute.
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Buttercup winterhazel, Corylopsis pauciflora.
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Buttercup winterhazel, Corylopsis pauciflora.

Winterhazels vs Witch Hazels

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Winterhazel
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Witch hazel
Their common names are similar, both are deciduous shrubs, both flower on leafless stems during winter into early spring. An easy way to tell them apart is their flowers as they are totally different. Winterhazel (Corylopsis) blossom are a soft yellow and bell-shaped that hang in drooping clusters. Winterhazel stems are arranged on the plant in a zigzag pattern.
 
Witch Hazel (Hamamelis) flowers resemble spiders with long thin petals. Size and colour depend on the variety. Witch hazels grow much larger than winterhazels, up to 20 feet. ​​
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    • Viburnum Leaf Beetle
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    • Colourful Fall Plants
    • Aubretia, Rock Cress
    • Astilbes
    • Aucuba, Japanese Spotted Laurel
    • Autumn Crocus
    • Beautyberry, Callicarpa
    • Black-eyed Susans
    • Bleeding Heart, Lamprocapnos spectabilis
    • Dahlias
    • Devil's Walking Stick, Aralia spinosa
    • Dwarf Burning Bush
    • Fall Asters
    • Flowering Currants
    • Flowering Quince
    • Garden Phlox
    • Harry Lauder's Walking Stick
    • Heathers
    • Hellebores, Lenten roses
    • Himalayan Sweet Box
    • Jack-in-the-pulpit, cobra lily
    • Laurustinus viburnum, Viburnum tinus
    • Lavenders
    • Lily-of-the-Valley Shrub, Pieris japonica
    • Mediterranean Spurge
    • Montana Clematis
    • Mountain Ash
    • Oriental Poppies
    • Paperbark Maple
    • Pink Dawn Bodnant Viburnum
    • Poinsettia
    • Ornamental Kale
    • Peruvian Lily, Alstroemeria
    • Persian Silk Tree
    • Japanese Anemones
    • Japanese Forest Grass
    • Japanese Maples
    • Japanese Skimmia
    • Rose of Sharon
    • Winter Camellia, C. sasanqua
    • Strawberry Tree, Pacific Madrone
    • Stewartia
    • Torch Lily, Kniphofia uvaria
    • Tree Peonies
    • Tuberous Begonias
    • Virginia Creeper
    • Weigela
    • Winterhazel, Corylopsis
    • Wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens
    • Witch Hazel
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