Hi guys, it's me again. There are some cultivars of Japanese Maple that I'm looking for that I forgot to list. They are Shaina and Osakazuki.

Congrats , that narrows the field on graft vs. from seed. It may be one of the common H. x intermedia types, of which there are scads today. I'd wait to see it's form in the years to come to possibly help in ID - * Upright, horizonal spreading, vase shaped, rounded bush, spreading, weeping . Other formats help in ID: Vigour - strong, medium, slow, compact, twiggy, branching Average size of plant - height and width in metres of plants ten to fifteen years of age (this could be plus or minus 20 percent, depending on growing conditions. Foliage -measurements of a leaf in millimetres; an average, taken from a leaf of a healthy plant, midway along a shoot of the current season's growth (this could be plus or minus 20 percent, depending on growing conditions) Leaf shape - broadly elliptic, obovate, orbicular, orbicular-obovate, ovate-orbicular Leaf colour - young foliage, mature foliage, and autumn colour Flowers - average petal size in millimetres (this can be plus or minus 10 percent depending on growing conditions), shape of petal, petal colour, calyx colour, overall colour effect (calyx colour has an effect on overall colour), fragrance, and flowering period depending on locale. Flower colour is relative and very difficult to be precise. * You may have better luck in tracking down the supplier at the plant sale. Here is a link that might be useful: * Source

I'm not convinced that your plant is 'Arnold Promise', or even or 'Sunburst' as you've seemingly already narrowed down to. That's certainly not 'Arnold Promise', and the ribbony flowers are too thin and fleeting to be 'Sunburst'. The extremely fuzziness of the flower stem/peduncles makes me think H. mollis, but that species is extremely fragrant... Your idea of it being 'Allgold' could be quite good! Narrow petals that twist, etc. and it certainly is a very early blooming H. x intermedia. Do you have the book (or access to) "Witch Hazels" by Chris Lane? It could prove tremendously helpful. The only dilemma is that among yellow-flowering witch hazels, a key ID feature is measuring the length and width of flower petals...and that's something that's in the millimeters. Tedious...

I have a unnamed H. vernalis and one struggling H. x intermedia 'Diane', and the H. virginiana grow wild and so there are zillions of them. As far as color here, the H. virigniana is a beautiful clear yellow, and the best ones bloom after the leaves have fallen with relatively large yellow flowers, but no perceptible scent to me. The winter silhouette is quite nice. I really like them. My H. x intermedia (struggling since we are at or perhaps past its northern limit) has a consistently gorgeous orange/yellow/red mix of foliage color and deep red-orange spring flowers that stand out against the remaining snow. Color is a bit too blue in this photo. H. x intermedia 'Diane' From garden photos 07 If H. intermedia were hardier or my area warmer, I would plant many of these, and I may plant more, hoping to find some that are a bit hardier. Fall color may depend on the soil (mine is acid fine sandy loam) or some other factor, IDK. Here's a yellow H. x intermedia (not mine, but at the airport 35 miles south of me - different microclimate) pruned to tree form. From witch hazels My H. vernalis is the least attractive of the bunch. From garden photos 07 Flowers are tiny (to compare this photo with 'Diane' above, realize that the base holding the petals is almost twice as large for 'Diane' as for the vernal witch hazel) and pale reddish orange from a distance, though en mass they do show against the evergreens behind them. I haven't found the scent particularly attractive, sort of like cheap soap. It also tends to keep almost half its leaves, though I may try to remove some of them once they are thoroughly dry this winter. No appreciable fall color. Even though I live on an old farm and actively garden on a couple of acres, I wouldn't waste the space or money on another of these. Perhaps some named varieties would be better or you will have better luck with your seedlings than I. Blooming H. vernalis (yes it needs pruning) From witch hazels H. vernalis fall color From witch hazels So my order of preference is H. x intermedia (assuming finding one hardy enough to grow well here) H. virginiana H. vernalis YMMV This post was edited by nhbabs on Sun, Dec 7, 14 at 11:01