Zaubernuss (Hamamelis) - 2x PiP

Beautiful plant with somewhat extraordinary flowers. I read the Wikipedia article about and never heard about such plant before. Most certainly doesn't grow up here, I think.

Thanks Sami. You're right, they don't grow in your region. They need short moderate winters. But they are one of the few plants that bloom in winter.

I did some more reading on this plant, and there are few cases in Finland where someone has managed to make them survive and even bloom in mid winter. Nature is amazing!

I have used witch hazel but never knew it came from such an interesting plant! Well captured image, Klaus. :-)

"Une pomme par jour éloigne le médecin "
L'hamamélis est déjà séduisant en tant qu'arbuste
Idées originales , inattendues !!

ah eine wundervolle Aufnahme der Zaubernuss. Schön, dass sie im Hintergrund noch mal auftaucht

Hab ich im Garten :-)

Ein schöner Winterblüher! Ich hab's zwar nicht pur in der Hausapotheke, aber es ist in unzähligen Sachen drin:-)

WOWWWW, eine ganz schoenes Makro !! Zaubernuss sieht sehr schoen aus und ist auch sehr noetig !!! SUPER Idee, Klaus ! HMM !

You didn't mention that the witch hazel flowers smell wonderful in the winter. That must have curative powers too, Klaus. :-)))

Oh, I didn't knew that, Amelia. I've to go there and try it. I'll tell you, what I found

I couldn't smell anything in the garden and in the cold. So I took a small branch into the kitchen.

There it was a very delightful smell. Thanks for your hint, Amelia.

HMM
great contribution, sehr original

Wish you a HEALTY happy new week:)

Aha, das wusste ich nicht

Dann freut es mich, dass ich Dir Neues zeigen konnte.

This is one of my favourite trees but we lost ours to the frost some years ago. Very vibrant displays

Zauberhafte Zaubernuss

Outstanding!! I have never seen witch hazel before, it's so COOL!!! You got two awesome pictures of this strange and wonderful plant and I also loved your apple picture!

Your ideas were fabulous. I considered doing this too...our property has many medicinal herbs and flowers, and I know I could find archive pictures to process...but...how could I possibly resist the lovely pills and fun things to photograph?! I am SO GLAD that you went this route because I got to see something I've never seen...I"ve HEARD of witch hazel but I really don't know anything about it. So thank you for the wonderful images AND the education, I loved it!!! *high five*

Thanks a lot Janet. I'm glad I could show you something you haven't seen before.
Besides having fun, learning is one of the good things we have with IP.

In meiner Hausapotheke steht sie nicht, wohl aber in meinem Garten. Die Heilwirkung muss ich noch ausprobieren. Schönes Bild!

Hoffentlich zaubert sie bald den Frühling her...

Macht sie, versprochen!

For the apple I quote W. Churchill: one apple to keep the doctor away ... if you aim well!
In here we use aloe vera for the purposes you have hammamelis... everyone uses what is local and so it should always be.

LOL! Throwing the apple after the doctor could perhaps help too. But actually it should be eaten - that helps more...
Aloe Vera is also known here, but does not grow here. I think there are various natural remedies all over the world that serve similar purposes.