Witch hazel. As usual, I can't take good pictures, but you can sort of see the yellow-golden flowers. This is not a cultivar, as I should have sought out a form that blooms when all the leaves have dropped. That's OK, since I grow it for its form. This tree is about ten years old.
The only thing I know about Witch Hazel is that guitarists use it to help callous-up their fingertips (or something like that).
Wow. This is interesting. I've seen some cultivars in a park around here... isn't this a tree that's supposed to shed leaves and endure cold winters and then bloom at some point??? Judging by the other plants you grow, I wouldn't say you experience really cold winters. I'm just wondering!
Hey Calin! Glad to hear the parks there have witch hazel. It's a fantastic small tree that blooms during the colder parts of the year. You're invited to join my son and me on an Amtrak trip to Los Angeles in January to see real far out incredible landscaping. It can't be that difficult to hop on a plane to Louisiana. Wondering-have you been to the states before? 8)
Hehehe... thanks for the invitation. As things were, and still are... invitation required, trips to an embassy, interview, maybe you get the visa or not it quite random - and then there's the money matter. SO NO, never been to the US.
