Diane Witchhazel

Categories: Large Shrubs (Deciduous), Plants, Shrubs

Diane Witchhazel (Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’):A large, spreading shrub that brings color and fragrance to the late winter garden when most other plants are still dormant with its delightfully fragrant reddish-brown flowers which appear along the branches in late winter, excellent blend of fall colors

Characteristics

Average Landscape Height:

15 feet

Average Landscape Width:

15 feet

Growth Rate:

medium

Genus:

Hamamelis

Species:

x intermedia

Cultivar:

Diane

Flower Color:

indian red

Flower Period:

from late winter to early spring

Summer Foliage Color:

green

Fall Color:

orange

Minimum Light:

shade

Maximum Light:

full sun

Minimum Moisture:

average

Maximum Moisture:

wet

Plant Form:

spreading

Canopy:

low

Pruning:

prune after flowering

Pollution Tolerance:

medium

Other Species Names:

Witch Hazel

Branching:

multi-stemmed

Flower Form:

strap

Flower Fragrance:

high

Ornamental Features

Diane Witchhazel is blanketed in stunning fragrant antique red strap-like flowers with burgundy calyces along the branches from late winter to early spring before the leaves. It has green deciduous foliage. The serrated round leaves turn an outstanding orange in the fall.

Landscape Attributes

Diane Witchhazel is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a ground-hugging habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Planting & Growing

Diane Witchhazel will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.

This shrub performs well in both full sun and full shade. It is quite adaptable, prefering to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for acidic soils, and is subject to chlorosis (yellowing) of the foliage in alkaline soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

Diane Witchhazel

Characteristics

Ornamental Features

Landscape Attributes

Planting & Growing

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Diane Witchhazel

Characteristics

Ornamental Features

Landscape Attributes

Planting & Growing

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