How to plant and care for Witch Hazel (Arnold Promise)

Hamamelis × intermedia 'Arnold Promise'

🌸 Flower 🔁 Perennial

Spidery, scented yellow flowers on bare branches in January and February, then glowing autumn colour. A slow, elegant shrub.

When to plant and care for it

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Flowers

Prune

Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.

On planting day
Plant
Plant at the same depth as it was in its pot, 3 m apart, and firm in.
0–1 days after “Plant”
Water In Well
Give a full can of water, then keep moist for the first few weeks while roots establish.
7–14 days after “Water In Well”
Mulch Around the Base
Spread 5 cm of compost or bark around the plant, keeping it off the stems.

January
In Flower
Scented spidery flowers on bare stems.
March
Prune
Only remove crossing branches and suckers from below the graft, after flowering.
October
Autumn Colour
Leaves turn yellow and orange.