Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wisley Supreme witch hazel is one of the brightest of the yellow-flowered, winter-blooming witch hazels. It is also one of the ...

This year many of us have spent more time than ever walking or cycling along roads and trails and becoming intimately familiar with native trees and plants that may have been overlooked or taken for ...

Anyone who’s a regular reader of this column or visited Yew Dell Botanical Gardens knows that we’re big fans of witch hazel (Hamamelis) species. This collection of large-ish shrubs native to North ...

Discover witchhazel, a unique plant that blooms in winter, filling your garden with fragrance and color when you need it most. Here's how to grow it.

I opened the Yakima Area Arboretum’s “The Weekly Leaf” newsletter on Feb. 15 and was immediately drawn to the announcement “Let the Blooming Begin!” The big news was that the arboretum’s witch hazels ...

So, have you been out in your garden yet to smell the flowers? That is a strange question, Eric. After all — much of the snow is gone. Last week I was looking out my backdoor and I saw at least 6 ...

EVERYBODY LOVES JANUARY in the Pacific Northwest! OK — that might not actually be true, but it ought to be, at least among curious botanists, backyard gardeners and others who take an interest in ...

Yes, it is November, the fall leaf extravaganza is almost over and there is little color left to admire. But don't despair. In spite of the frost and cold, there is one plant still flowering in the ...

Dear Roger: You persuaded me last winter to grow some Chinese witch hazels for winter color and fragrance. It’s time to order them now for fall planting. Please list a couple of sources for me. Also, ...

Fall's native flora disappeared months ago. The last of autumn's flowers gave up the ghost by early November or so. Colorful asters, beautiful gentians, the last of the sunflowers — spent and returned ...

American witch-hazel, also called common witch-hazel, is a native plant in our area that surprises us by blooming in late fall into December. Yellow witch-hazel flowers are often spotted out in the ...

Even though the meteorologists had it in their forecasts, the recent big snow and cold temperatures still took us all by surprise. With normal highs in the low 50s and lows in the mid-30s, some parts ...