American Witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
White, yellow and red flowers in October, worked by mining bees. It grows wild in 70 of North Carolina’s 100 counties.
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil
- Moist soil
- Size
- 22.5 ft to 30 ft tall, 17.5 ft wide
- Flowers
- White, yellow and red, October
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Roots
- Woody roots; wants 20 in of soil
- Kind
- Tree, Shrub
Planted young
in flowerbare for winter
What it feeds
- Caterpillars
- 70 kinds of caterpillars
- Bees
- 2 kinds of native bees
- On its flowers
- Mining bee (Andrena frigida)
Grows well with
Sweetbay Magnolia
Common Waxmyrtle
Eastern Redbud
Allegheny Serviceberry
Common Pawpaw
Fringetree
Sourwood
American Wisteria
Facts from the Quercus record for Hamamelis virginiana.