Description

Family:  Hamamelidaceae
Zone: 7-10
Natural Range: China; Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Sichuan
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 10 – 20
Bloom Time:  May
Attributes:  Deciduous, shrub or small tree.  Ovate, green leaves to 6 long, dentate margins.  Pendulous racemes of apetalous green flower.  Male catkins 2.5 long and female to 1.25 long, elongating to 6 long as black seed capsules form.
Notes:  A monotypic genus native to forests of China where it is a near threatened species.