The marsh gave way gradually to dry land, and the reeds and willows to hazels and elders. |
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These include oaks, hickories, buckeyes, chestnuts, butternuts, walnuts and hazels. |
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The oak tree across the road is practically bare but the beeches and hazels behind it are still fully leafed. |
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The backyard is full of viburnums, witch hazels, hydrangeas of all kinds, fothergillas, and other interesting shrubs. |
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To start, they planted shrubs and small trees, including dogwoods, serviceberries, witch hazels, and native rhododendrons. |
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Witch hazels unfurl their soft-scented, fringy flowers at a time when gardens offer few other blooms. |
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Cultivation of hazels probably began in classical times in Europe. |
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Why witch hazels are not more widely grown is a mystery to me. |
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Now it is commonplace to include plants in our gardens, such as witch hazels and mahonias, which do their thing in winter. |
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This allows room for upright hazels to be tied to ledgers from the inside of the building. |
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Witch hazels do well in shade and if there are clumps of woodlanders such as Solomon's seal and lily-of-the-valley nearby, they really add to the show. |
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