An American beauty: discover the power of witch hazel, in the landscape and in your medicine chest.(the herbalist)

Country Living Gardener | December 22, 2003| | Copyright

HOW WITCH HAZEL GOT ITS NAME While "witching" for water may sound spooky, the name "witch hazel" has nothing to do with the supernatural. In England, small trees (ash, elm, hazel) were cut, or coppiced, to encourage the growth of pliant shoots, or wyches, for bows and woven fencing. Witch hazel shrubs reminded colonists of the coppiced trees back home.

If you encounter witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) in full bloom, you may understand how Native Americans felt when they first discovered this native golden beauty brightening a desolate winter wood. Is it any wonder ...

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