Witchhazels

Got a few shots of Jelena today, quite bright and colorful in this cold, winter sun. Spring can't be too far!

Scott

A branch.

The flowers so much bigger, brighter, better than...

...the witchhazel I've got in my own yard--Ruby Glow. Still, I'll take any flowers I can get in January.

Which reminds me, a subshrub at best, but Ericas are awfully nice this time of year.

Thanks for reminding me, I'll have to go out and check mine, I just planted it last year.

Scott,
I thought I would share this page about Whitchazel from the Polly Hill Arboretum (OT, this month is Polly's 100th birthday). I do have to say in terms of a strong presence Jelena is pretty amazing. Erica's are very happy in my sandy nutrient free soil and my favorite is an old classic Kramer's Rote.

http://www.pollyhillarboretum.org/phawitchazels.shtml

Runk,

Thanks for the great link! I had no idea that existed. And Happy Birthday to Polly Hill. 100!

I'm wondering if "Kramer's Rote" is the same as "Kramer's Red," which, I think, is the one that I have and is pictured.

Scott

Scott,
I believe the rote means red and the plant is sold under both names, your great photo certainly looks like kramers rote/red. What I love about erica's and this one in particular is its willingness to tolerate deciduous shade and then be a show stopper with both great needle and bloom color when everything else is asleep. kt

Yeah, I can count on mine to keep something in my yard in bloom all year long. Very dependable. Extremely long-blooming, and mine is in just ordinary garden soil, although very well-draining. It has been a steady performer for five or six years now.

Scott

I planted a Jelena in my yard just last spring. It hasn't bloomed yet here in Texas, but the buds look ready to burst at any moment. :)

Dennis

Buds bursted, and now brrrittle...that's Hamamelis x intermedia 'Primavera'.

VV you have to stop using all that dormant spray on your plants they are starting to get covered too thickly. Hey If I have Hamamelis 'Arnolds Promise' here in Montana and it survives the winter how am I getting pollination with winter moths. Do we have them here? I will probably need to go to bug forum.

That's overspray from arranging my coiffure...

I thought the only bugs you had in Montana were drifting in from Seattle and northern California, and that they never survived the winter.

They usually leave but with the last winters being so pleasant we are getting over run with the Southwestern transplants. Give me another 96-97 winter 30' of snow fell and all those bugs put their homes up for sale. We had a buyers market for 3 years.

You might get some rugged Ohio River valley bugs moving in with those kinds of conditions...

They might move in, but they won't stay for the second winter.

Actually winters are mild here our only zone 4 weather is about every 3 or 4th year and olny lasts for a few days.