Bloom Report March 2026
By Bonnie Semmling – Plant Records Curator Begone, winter! Just when it seems like winter will never end, the plants remind us that there’s light at the end of the tunnel. While our native witch hazel – Hamamelis virginiana – flowers into late autumn and early winter, other species and hybrids prefer the similarly cool conditions of late winter and early spring. At Willowwood we have many such specimens. Hugging their twigs closely, the copper-colored flowers of Hamamelis x intermedia...