This deciduous shrub has a solitary or multiple smooth grey stems with spreading branches that form a rounded crown. It has dull green rounded leaves and the small spidery-like   fragrant yellow flowers appear in a cluster from a mid-to late winter.

Hardiness zones 5 to 8 

Hamamelis mollis is naturally found in a central China growing in forests margins and thickets from an altitude of 300 m to 800 m (2,400 ft). 

It prefers an open sunny to semi-shaded position and grows in well-drained organic rich moist soils are tending acidic with a pH 5.5-6.5 and is frost and drought tolerant.  

The Chinese Witchhazel is grown for its fragrant flowers and autumn colour. It has planted as a lawn specimen or in groups along borders in parks and gardens. It is suitable for coastal and inland regions establishing in 3-4 years and is long-lived. ID 3704

Hamamelis (ham-uh-MEE-lis) mollis (MOHL-is)

Hamamelidaceae (hama-mel-DAY-see-ee)