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witch hazel 'Gingerbread'

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A spreading, moderately vigorous shrub up to 2.5m high and 3.5m wide, with ovate-rounded green leaves 10cm long and 6.5cm wide which are flushed with maroon-purple for a few weeks after they emerge before becoming dark green, then turning yellow in autumn, and slightly scented flowers with deep purplish red calyces and deep burnt orange petals about 2cm long, redder at the base, in late winter

Scientific classification

Species: witch hazel 'Gingerbread' (Hamamelis × intermedia 'Gingerbread')
Genus: Hamamelis
Family: Hamamelidaceae

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Toxicity: Shrubs
Plant type: 1.5-2.5 metres
Height: 2.5-4 metres
Spread: Deciduous
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Habit: Autumn · Spring · Summer · Winter
Season of interest: Full sun · Partial shade
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Distribution of witch hazel 'Gingerbread'

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Quick identification of witch hazel 'Gingerbread'

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witch hazel 'Gingerbread' care guide

Moderate consistent moisture, reduce water intake as autumn cools down
Watering: Full sun · Partial shade
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Watering

Moderate consistent moisture, reduce water intake as autumn cools down

Fertilizing

One annual spring granular fertilizer feed before seasonal leaf flush

Pruning

Little pruning is needed. Remove diseased, damaged, crowded or crossing shoots and unwanted growth. Timing depends on the plant: generally late winter or early spring; plants prone to bleeding and deciduous magnolias need different timing, and deciduous azaleas and lilacs are pruned after flowering.

Propagation

Propagate by layering in autumn, by grafting in late winter or early spring onto H. virginiana rootstocks, by budding in late summer, or by softwood cuttings in mid-spring in very free-draining compost with bottom heat and humid conditions (under mist or in a closed case) and not potted on until the following year

Growing

Grow in moderately fertile, neutral or preferably slightly acidic soil which is well-drained but humus-rich and moisture-retentive in summer, in full sun or partial shade, in an open position with shelter from cold drying winds, and add mulch to conserve moisture; will also tolerate soils over chalk if they are deep and humus-rich; for more advice, see witch hazel cultivation

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