Sunday 12 February 2017

Which Witch?



Witch Hazels are wonderful plants, lifting the late winter gloom with their scented, spidery flowers. The one pictured is H. intermedia 'Pallida.' For orange flowers there's H. intermedia 'Jelena' and then 'Diane' which has red flowers. They are related to hazels, not witches, but have been used medicinally for thousands of years and also were used as water diviners, so perhaps they are related to witches after all.  

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