It’s a head-turning sight on a bone-chilling February day: a tree in bloom. Sparkly little yellow-and-red flowers, with petals like tiny ribbons, flutter along the branches of vernal witch hazel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wisley Supreme witch hazel is one of the brightest of the yellow-flowered, winter-blooming witch hazels. It is also one of the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Witch hazel is a fascinating flowering shrub that makes a wonderful addition to your landscape because it ...

Something bewitching is lurking in central Ohio. Red, yellow and orange flowers that look like bent, withered fingers or the tentacles of an octopus are blooming, sending out perfume. The witch hazel ...

Anyone who’s a regular reader of this column or visited Yew Dell Botanical Gardens knows that we’re big fans of witch hazel (Hamamelis) species. This collection of large-ish shrubs native to North ...

So, have you been out in your garden yet to smell the flowers? That is a strange question, Eric. After all — much of the snow is gone. Last week I was looking out my backdoor and I saw at least 6 ...

Tomorrow is Arbor Day, the ideal time to plant a tree or three for a host of reasons – the soil is damp, the temperatures are warm but not broiling (yet), and more trees mean more shade, more oxygen ...

Winter hung on this week as we count down until spring. However, this weekend we all can get a peek at spring as the Agri-Plex (formerly Agricultural Hall) at the Allentown Fairgrounds hosts the ...

N ow that the Worm Moon and the Vernal Equinox have passed, the Redwing Blackbirds have arrived, and frogs, skunks and chipmunks are done with their winter dormancy, it is time to look for blooming ...

When I was a kid, my mother’s cure-all for everything from a touch of sunburn to poison ivy and even a mild fever was witch hazel lotion. It came from the Fuller Brush man who sold his wares from door ...