Diane Witch Hazel

Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Diane’

Overview

Uses: Specimen plantings, woodland edges, and anywhere you want winter color.

Benefits: One of the best red witch hazels. In late winter, the bare branches are lined with spidery, coppery-red flowers, long before most plants wake up. The leaves turn bright orange and red in fall, giving it two big seasons of color.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 5–8

Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Life Cycle: Deciduous Shrub

Growth Habit: Vase-shaped, Spreading — open and wide-spreading with age.

Bloom Color: Red, Orange

Foliage Color: Green, turning Orange and Red in fall

Mature Height: 10–15'

Mature Width: 10–15'

Bloom Season: Winter, Spring

Growth Rate: Slow, Moderate