Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Witch Hazel

My witch hazel bush is blooming for the first time.  I planted this thing years and years ago, and it's still barely hip-high.  The flowers turned out to be tiny, muddy-yellow cups instead of the bright yellow tassels I was expecting.  Ah well.  Perhaps some other time I will try again to get a showier witch hazel bush.
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  • 4 comments
msminlr

msminlr

February 17 2012, 01:21:56 UTC 9 years ago

The link for muddy yellow cups took me to a site that denied access. Says the proprietor does not allow hotlinking.
ysabetwordsmith

Hmm...

ysabetwordsmith

February 17 2012, 01:37:16 UTC 9 years ago

It worked for me, but I've tried replacing it with a different image now. Try again.
msminlr

msminlr

February 17 2012, 02:31:18 UTC 9 years ago

Any chance the cups are a bud-form that will extend into the tassels?
ysabetwordsmith

Hmm...

ysabetwordsmith

February 17 2012, 02:47:12 UTC 9 years ago

Maybe, or maybe the petals already fell off, though it didn't particularly look that way. But there are many different kinds of witch hazel. Some have quite flashy pom-poms or streamers while others have short boring petals. This is one that I got as a seedling for about $2. The named varieties are considerably more expensive. What I'd really like is one of the scarlet ones, but those are hopelessly out of my price range.