Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena'
(Witch Hazel 'Jelena')

Family - Hamamelidaceae
Category - Shrub
Origin - Raised at Kalmthout Arboretum, Belgium
Year of Introduction - before 1935
Season of Interest - Winter
Hardiness - H5
Height - up to 4m
Width - up to 4m
Location - The Woodland Walk

Description: Large, Deciduous Shrub with an upright habit and an overall vase shape. Dark green leaves are oval to obovate in shape and emerge after the flowers appear. Fragrant clusters of coppery orange, spider-shaped flowers are produced on bare branches from early to late winter. The foliage turns vivid shades of orange and red in autumn before dropping.

Named after Jelena de Belder, a renowned breeder of Hamamelis in the 20th century.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Synonym- H. x intermedia 'Copper Beauty'

Flower:

Clusters of fragrant, spider-shaped flowers, each with four strap-shaped petals, appear coppery-orange at a distance. Closer inspection of the long petals show a blend of red, orange and yellow shades. Flowers are produced as early as December and persist into February.

Flower colour: Orange

Flower shape: Spider-shaped flowers in clusters

Flowering time: December, January, February

Foliage:

Dark green oval to obovate leaves are held Alternately up the branches. Leaves emerge after the flowers have finished and turn vivid shades of orange and red in the autumn.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Oval to obovate

Autumn Colour: Orange, red

Propagation:

Grafting.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun to partial shade in moisture retentive, but well drained soil. Not for shallow chalk soils.