Expect glorious foliage from almost any of the cultivars, yellow, red, orange or flaming combinations. The foliage of this specimen is quite tender and can be nipped by late spring frosts. Site where a lot of sun won't stimulate an early unfurling. Naked, the witchhazel shows off its widespreading, crooked branches and multistemmed, shrubby habit. The rounded oval, scalloped-edged leaves are dark green, three to six inches long.
Foliage is colorful in all witchhazels.
You can also find cultivars of H. virginiana that drop their leaves before the flowers form. We won t guarantee it, but chances are you can have something blooming at Christmas. There's a lot of variation in bloom time from one H. niger to another. Old foliage begins to look shabby as new leaves come in. Prefers neutral to alkaline soils but does just fine in acid soils.