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 ...

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 ...

“Witch hazel is a botanical extract derived from a flowering plant. Preparations have been made from its leaves and bark for ages,” said Dr. Hadley King, a board-certified dermatologist who ...

I opened the Yakima Area Arboretum’s “The Weekly Leaf” newsletter on Feb. 15 and was immediately drawn to the announcement “Let the Blooming Begin!” The big news was that the arboretum’s witch hazels ...

Witch hazel comes from a small tree — really more of a shrub. It’s light brown with green leaves and yellow flowers. You might see it growing in clusters in the woods anywhere in the eastern United ...

Uses for witch hazel span the pollinator and human world. It’s a crucial food source for pollinators late in the year, and it’s approved for use as a base in skin care products. Yes, you can grow this ...

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 ...

Each winter, when I want to see the first blooming shrubs in northern Illinois, I look for witch hazels. Magically, these tiny yellow and red flowers sometimes appear as early as mid-February, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Witch hazel is a botanical extract derived from a flowering plant. Preparations have been made from its leaves and bark for ages,” said Dr. Hadley King, a board-certified dermatologist who ...