For over 30 years, Leon County Government has been proud to support our native ecosystem through the Adopt-a-Tree Program, which provides County residents the opportunity to have a tree planted on ...

While walking through some woods in Clarke County this week, I noticed a faint, citruslike fragrance in the chilly air. I quickly spied the source, a witch-hazel tree in full bloom. The small tree ...

“Did Mother Nature put a spell on our newly planted witch hazel? This happened in the last couple of days.” — Becky Maganuco, Glencoe It has been a challenging year to get a new garden or even a ...

There are lots of weird and unusual members of the plant and fungi kingdoms — some with spooky names, others with creepy growth habits, and even some with deadly consequences. There are carnivorous ...

American witch-hazel, also called common witch-hazel, is a native plant in our area that surprises us by blooming in late fall into December. Yellow witch-hazel flowers are often spotted out in the ...

From early October into November is the time to catch witch hazel in its prime. Few plants in our Southeastern flora can surpass this shrubby little tree in regard to appearance and interest. Witch ...

Move over, pumpkin. There’s also another plant that some folks say belongs to Halloween — the witch hazel, a small, common tree native to most of Georgia. It starts blooming around Halloween and ...

My witch hazel started getting brown spots all over the leaves. What is this and what should I do? A: That looks and sounds like a fungal disease, cleverly called "leaf spot" because that's the most ...