Move over, pumpkin. There’s also another plant that some folks say belongs to Halloween — the witch hazel, a small, common tree native to most of Georgia. It starts blooming around Halloween and ...

While walking through some woods in Clarke County this week, I noticed a faint, citruslike fragrance in the chilly air. I quickly spied the source, a witch-hazel tree in full bloom. The small tree ...

There are lots of weird and unusual members of the plant and fungi kingdoms — some with spooky names, others with creepy growth habits, and even some with deadly consequences. There are carnivorous ...

My witch hazel started getting brown spots all over the leaves. What is this and what should I do? A: That looks and sounds like a fungal disease, cleverly called "leaf spot" because that's the most ...

Classified as a shrub, Witch Hazel will rarely grow to the size of a small tree. The branches are quite pliable and can be bent without breaking. “Witch Hazel” is derived from the Old English word ...

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Its foliage in autumn is a showstopping yellow. Connecticut’s native species of Witch Hazel, Hamamelis virginiana, is a remarkably unique woody ornamental that can be found as a large shrub or small ...