Tag: Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)

Witch Hazel Blooms Of October

October 6, 2025

They make me think of shredded coconut. The late in the season flowers of Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) each have 4 petals and 4 sepals.

Those petals are tape-like, about .75 inches long, often distorted and twisted. Usually the blooms are soft or bright yellow, though occasionally you might come across this same species of Witch Hazel with varying shades of red or orange.

These late season flowers provide an important last source of nectar and pollen for flies, bees, and moths when other flowers have stopped blooming.

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Strappy Blooms

Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana), is in bloom right now. Providing nectar and pollen to fruit flies, blow flies, wasps, bees, and beetles this late in the year when there is very little otherwise available to them.

The flowers make me think of yellow shredded coconut. Each blossom is made up of 4 petals and 4 sepals. Both petals and sepals are yellow.

A bush or small tree. Witch Hazel is native to eastern North America.

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