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Hamamelis
× intermedia
'Moonlight'
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Image: Moore, Dawn - NBGW
Common name:
collen ystwyth, witch hazel 'Moonlight'
Family:
Hamamelidaceae (Witch-hazel)
Distribution:
Gardd/Garden
Hardiness:
(H5) Hardy-cold winter. -15 to -10°C (USDA 7b/8a)
Life form:
Deciduous shrub/sub-shrub • Llwyn collddail
Usage:
Ornamental
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
Hamamelis (ham-uh-MEE-lis): Greek; for a tree with pear-shaped fruits, possibly a medlar.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
x intermedia (in-ter-MEE-dee-a): Hybrid meaning intermediate, between extremes.
Description:
A deciduous shrub or small tree, to around 3m high, with an upright to spreading habit. Leaves are broadly oval and mid green, turning rich yellow in autumn. Fragrant flowers are borne on bare stems in late winter, with dark red sepals at the base and narrow, crinkled, light yellow petals.
Links:
Royal Horticultural Society
Locations
1:
Boulder Garden/Yr Ardd Glogfeini 07a
(BOU07A)
• Accession: 2006-0340 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
2:
IWGB01-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant B Bed 01/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant B Gwely 01
(IWGB01)
• Accession: 2001-1965 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual