Here's my WitchHazel Tree
I love the way this tree looks in autumn...
Those leaves are truly beautiful.
about 1 month ago
Wow, that's pretty! That's a great photo!
about 1 month ago
Wow! I'm green with envy.
What zone do you plant for?
I've wanted a witchhazel for some time,but the list for zone 5, and that's not hardy enough here in the hills of Tuscarora.
What zone do you plant for?
I've wanted a witchhazel for some time,but the list for zone 5, and that's not hardy enough here in the hills of Tuscarora.
about 1 month ago
Well I'm not sure, but I thought that the WitchHazel was pretty hardy. It is in the front yard and protected by the larger Sycamore Trees. We keep it small, too. I'ts about 8 years old now. It's always fun to see it be the first bloomer in February with these squiggley yellow blossoms.
about 1 month ago
Shelter, huh?
That's probably the killer for me and a witchhazel.
we just put up a sheet of masonite on my front entry to block the winter winds.From now until spring, I have a great deal of difficulty closing the storm door once I get it open. The wind takes it and slams it against the porch railing. I've skinned more than one knuckle trying to hang on to that door.
The gentleman who delivered oxygen to my husband used to ask if the wind ever stopped blowing here. He had his hands full some weeks wheeling that tank in and out.
Guess that's why I called the place Breezylea.
That's probably the killer for me and a witchhazel.
we just put up a sheet of masonite on my front entry to block the winter winds.From now until spring, I have a great deal of difficulty closing the storm door once I get it open. The wind takes it and slams it against the porch railing. I've skinned more than one knuckle trying to hang on to that door.
The gentleman who delivered oxygen to my husband used to ask if the wind ever stopped blowing here. He had his hands full some weeks wheeling that tank in and out.
Guess that's why I called the place Breezylea.
about 1 month ago
Well I guess you might have to plant that little tree and bring it inside! You could start and indoor greenhouse! :)
about 1 month ago
Don't laugh, there have been times when I turn my home into just that.
Remember, I'm the one who started the peonies in her bedroom last March.
However, there seems to be a ghost of an idea with that suggestion.
What if I started the little tree indoors and then spent the winter designing some sort of windbreak for it outdoors later on? Something with stones, I think, since there are so many around here. And evergreens. I just talked to a friend who has some sprce tree seedlings for me.
Hummm......
Remember, I'm the one who started the peonies in her bedroom last March.
However, there seems to be a ghost of an idea with that suggestion.
What if I started the little tree indoors and then spent the winter designing some sort of windbreak for it outdoors later on? Something with stones, I think, since there are so many around here. And evergreens. I just talked to a friend who has some sprce tree seedlings for me.
Hummm......
about 1 month ago
We went to a friends wedding and she gave away fir sapplings as favors. We planted them so they wouldn't die with the intent of moving them... now, 10 years later we have 5 foot blue spruces, one next to the garage and the other in the dinning room window garden, right next to the deck. We are thinking that maybe if we can't move them, we might use them a Christmas trees one year for each tree.... Is that a terrible thing to do?
about 1 month ago
My older son and his wife did that when they got married ten years ago. I lost track of most of the seedlings - my own died - but one turned up about three years ago when the pair built a new home. One of the guests returned the seedling, at that time about three feet tall. Son and his bride have it planted in a place of honor in front of their new home, where it is prospering.
If your tree is beginning to encroach on the deck, why not cut it down for a Christmas tree?
Moving a larger tree is chancy at best. Watching it die after all the effort would be sad. Use it for Christmas, then take it out in the woods and provide some woodland creatures with a habitat.
If your tree is beginning to encroach on the deck, why not cut it down for a Christmas tree?
Moving a larger tree is chancy at best. Watching it die after all the effort would be sad. Use it for Christmas, then take it out in the woods and provide some woodland creatures with a habitat.
about 1 month ago
I get some pretty good wind here, but I bury the bottom of every bush I want to keep every fall. My roses get crowned & I haven't lost much. I wonder if witch hazel would survive if it were mulched well in the fall. But I do like your idea of building some kind of protective stone wall or even planting those seedlings.
about 1 month ago
