Corylopsis spicata, Winter Hazel hummingbird favorite The birds love the berries

The birds love the berries and we're told they make a good jam

as well as garden beds with full sun and occasional summer water

8 feet tall

greenish-white flared flowers dangle the length of arching stems

The spring foliage also has a pink blush

Corylopsis spicata, Winter Hazel hummingbird favorite The birds love the berriesEarly to late spring, 2 inch pendent racemes of fragrant lemon yellow blooms with red violet anthers dangle elegantly and profusely on this large deciduous shrub. They bloom on zig zagging branches before the peach new leaves emerge, covering the shrub like a spring rain. Toothed leaves are wide and soft, with a deeply impressed geometry of veins similar to that of a witch hazel to whom it is related. Overall, the impression it makes is soft, light,