I could never get any of the ones I post, but they're always identified right away. Here's another that I wouldn't have been able to identify, though it's not rare and I do know what it is.
Yes on Hamemelis. I can't do the cultivar. Yes, it's blooming now. I was told they often bloom with last year's leaves still hanging on. I thought this was supposed to be a late year, La Nina and all that, but these seem early. Earlier than my previous year photos anyway. I have to guess the blooming times for our ornamental cherries, and was basing my guesses on last year's late dates, but now I'm thinking that might be totally wrong.
I thought I detected red petals about to unfold, as in Hamamelis x int Diane. Got that wrong! Hamamelis really lift my spirits at this time of year. I especially love some that are very scented.. such as H. x intermedia Arnold Promise, which to me smells citrusy. Many different named cultivars are in full flower here already.
Ah, so I did stump you a little! Thanks for mentioning the scent. Something was very fragrant, but there was Sarcococca just the other side of it, and I assumed it was that.
