Little Prospect Golden American Witch Hazel (Hamamelis Virginiana) – 5 Gallon Pot

Every once in a while a plant comes along that just blows us away and is a must-add to our garden. Little Prospect Witch Hazel, an American native flowering shrub, did just that. It is a truly extraordinary plant discovered as a branch sport by Robert Wilkinson of Walnut Hill Farms Nursery in Tennessee. This one wows with not only unique and pretty flowers, but also highly colorful variegated leaves in gold with dark green centers. The foliage color has stood up well in full sun, with no burning, even in the hot South. After the leaves drop in fall the abundant fragrant lemon yellow fringe-flowers take the stage, usually sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving when there’s not that much else blooming in the garden other than Camellia sasanqua, fall garden mums and a few other late-season bloomers. We suggest planting this one against a dark background, which really helps to show off both the foliage and flowers. Exceptionally cold hardy to -40F and heat hardy to Zone 8.

Growing 8 to 10 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide, the Little Prospect Witch Hazel can be grown as a shrub or remove lower branches to form a small tree. Either way, it is ideal for use as a colorful focal point specimen in landscape borders, home foundation plantings, and around patios, decks, porches and other outdoor living spaces where the fragrance and foliage can be enjoyed from up close . A fine addition to yellow theme gardens, native plant gardens, and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing:  12 feet or more apart for space between plants

The Little Prospect Witch Hazel is very easy to grow in most any moist but well well-drained soil of average fertility in full sun to part shade. It prefers a consistently moist and acidic soil rich in organic matter but also grows well in heavy clay soils. Best flowering comes with at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. Little pruning is required but responds well to it for shaping or tree forming.

Plant and care for as you would Loropetalum shrubs.

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