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Hamamelidaceae
Japanese Winter Hazel
Corylopsis pauciflora
Whispered spring and gentle anticipation.
- Family
- Hamamelidaceae
- Genus
- Corylopsis
- Native to
- Japan, Taiwan
- Bloom season
- Late Winter, Early Spring
- Type
- deciduous shrub
- Height
- 120–180 cm
- Sunlight
- part shade to full sun
- Soil
- moist, acidic, humus-rich
- Water
- medium
- Hardiness
- 6–8
- Lifespan
- 30–50 years
Did you know
- The species name 'pauciflora' means 'few-flowered,' as each drooping cluster holds only two to three tiny bell-shaped flowers.
- Despite having few flowers per cluster, the entire shrub can be blanketed in pendulous chains, creating a haze of primrose yellow.
- The flowers carry a delicate cowslip fragrance that is most noticeable on mild, still days in late winter.
- Japanese winter hazel opens its flowers on bare branches, sometimes a full month before forsythia.
- Its rounded, heart-shaped leaves emerge bronze-pink after flowering and mature to a fresh green.
Color meanings
Pale Yellow
soft optimism and early promise