Hamamelis x intermedia 'Arnold Promise'

Snow is falling AGAIN with a foot promised by tomorrow afternoon.  Bird feeders are filled, at the edge of the woods you  can still see the witch hazels under the snow.  Hamamelis x intermedia 'Arnold Promise' is one of my favorites in bloom now.

The witch hazel hybrids are large deciduous shrubs that grow from 12'-20’ tall and flower in mid to late winter.   ‘Arnold Promise’ is an upright, vase-shaped cultivar with sweetly fragrant yellow flowers that blooms slightly later than the other cultivars, usually around this time from February to March.  In the fall the leaves turn yellow-orange to yellow and are attractive but not spectacular.  It was introduced by the Arnold Arboretum in Boston and was a Royal Horticutural Society of Great Britain Award of Garden Merit plant (1993).

Inside I've put a pork roast and mounds of vegetables in the slow cooker for supper tonight and am off to work.