Claim to fame: Many of us are familiar with witch hazel — the astringent that once was a staple of every family’s medicine cabinet. Fans of Looney Tunes cartoons also know “Witch Hazel” to be the ...

Ozark witch-hazel blooms in Missouri from January through April. Watch for these native flowering shrubs bringing some of the first offerings of color to Missouri’s wooded landscapes this week. "; In ...

While most perennial plants are settling in for a winter slumber, Missouri’s native witch hazels, Hamamelis virginiana, also known as American or common witch hazel, and H. vernalis, best known as ...

Today is the first day of spring, and here in central Ohio, the day will be greeted by some of the first flowers of the new season. Not crocus, daffodils or even hellebores, but the odd-shaped ...

Too often, too much gardening is all about spring and summer. Late-fall and winter-flowering plants such as witch hazel change all that, according to native plant expert Helen Hamilton, a Williamsburg ...