"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 ...

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 ...

“Did Mother Nature put a spell on our newly planted witch hazel? This happened in the last couple of days.” — Becky Maganuco, Glencoe It has been a challenging year to get a new garden or even a ...

Putting in beautiful landscaping only to have it nibbled away by deer can be a costly and disappointing mistake. It can be even more upsetting if you'd specifically chosen your landscaping plants to ...

American witch-hazel, also called common witch-hazel, is a native plant in our area that surprises us by blooming in late fall into December. Yellow witch-hazel flowers are often spotted out in the ...

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 ...

What: Hamamelis mollis, commonly called Chinese witch hazel, is highly desirable. Its short filamentous flowers are a golden yellow and appear in late January and early February. It is the most ...

WELCOME TO TODAY’S GROW AT GREEN. WE’RE AT THE MCFARLAND RESEARCH GREENHOUSES ON THE CAMPUS OF U.N.H. AND I’M JOINED BY STEPH CIESZYNSKI FROM UNH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. AND STEPH IS GOING TO TELL US ...

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 ...

“The twigs and bark of the witch hazel plant contain therapeutic constituents that when extracted and distilled create the clear, fragrant, natural astringent that has been known for generations as a ...

I wasn’t outside as much as I would have liked this past week so I asked a friend who works outside for some news about what has been happening in the woods. It didn’t take him long to come up with ...