Ozark Witch Hazel (Hamamelis vernalis) - yellow flowers, illustrated plant cardIllustration

Ozark Witch Hazel

Hamamelis vernalis

Ozark Witch Hazel blooms from January through March.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
Jan–Mar
not yet checked
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
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Sun
Part sun
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Water
Moderate water
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Mature size
8 ft × 8 ft
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Type
Shrub
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Ozark Witch Hazel

Plant it in part sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–8. Expect it to reach about 8 ft tall and 8 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 6 years (not yet checked).

No toxicity note is on file for Ozark Witch Hazel. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.

Verification
What this means

Written with AI assistance and not yet checked plant by plant against recorded sources, so treat every fact above as a starting point. Its scientific name was checked against botanical registries, an audit keeps its values consistent with the rest of the library, and a July 2026 review re-read the main facts of every plant then in the library against horticultural authorities without recording a source for each, which is why none of that counts as checked here. The source-by-source check is working through the whole library in the open, and a checked plant says so in this row.

When to plant Ozark Witch Hazel

Plant Ozark Witch Hazel in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 4 to 8, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from January to March.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Ozark Witch Hazel get?

Illustration of Ozark Witch Hazel drawn to scale beside an adult8 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult8 ftwide
About 8 ft tall and 8 ft wide at maturity: half again as tall as an adult.

See Ozark Witch Hazel in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Ozark Witch Hazel

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Give Ozark Witch Hazel about 8 ft of clear ground in every direction, measured from its center. It is one plant with room around it, not a row, and a raised bed is too small for it.

Clear ground around it
8 ft in every direction

Add Ozark Witch Hazel to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

The Witch Hazel group

One of 6 in the Witch Hazel group. Same genus, similar care.

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