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Cultivar NameNotes
 
Prairie Spire'Prairie Spire' (a.k.a. 'Rugby') - seedless; narrow pyramidal habit; hardy to -30°F
Skyward'Skyward' (a.k.a. 'Wasky') - dense foliage; pyramidal-rounded outline; narrow crown
Bangle'Bangle' (a.k.a. 'Select') - compact habit; spectacular blooms
Presidential Gold'Presidential Gold' (a.k.a. ‘The President’) - strong central leader; full branching at a young age; dense upright crown; broadly pyramidal to oval in shape; seedless male selection turns bright yellow in the fall
Autumn Gold'Autumn Gold' - striking golden yellow color; narrow in youth, it broadens with age to form a broadly pyramidal tree; 45' tall x 35' wide
Halka'Halka' - slightly broader in shape than most cultivars; notably uniform with symmetrical branching; good central leader; 45' tall x 40' high; hardy through USDA Zone 4
Magyar'Magyar' - strong upright growth; dominant central leader; faster growing with a slightly broader form than ‘Princeton Sentry’; narrow, upright pyramidal form; 50' x 30' wide; hardiness is USDA Zone 3
Golden Colonnade'Golden Colonnade' - narrow oval; semi-columnar; height of 45' spread of 25'; seedless
Jade Butterfly'Jade Butterfly' - dwarf, slow-growing form, mature height that is less than half that of standard forms
Pendula'Pendula' (a.k.a. f. pendula) - variable, weak weeping habit
Saratoga'Saratoga' - strong central leader; upright, narrow habit; to 40' tall
Variegata'Variegata' - features leaves that are irregularly streaked with yellow
Troll‘Troll’ - dwarf; grows to 3' tall and wide; bushy mounding habit; can be trained as a small pyramidal tree
Tubifolia‘Tubifolia’ (a.k.a. ‘Tubiformis’, ‘Tubeleaf’) - slow-growing; male form; grows to only 3-4’ tall over the first five years; on younger trees, leaves typically roll inward forming tube; as trees grow older, the leaves tend to flatten out, but with a more laciniate form than species leaves; matures to 20-25’ tall
var. inermisvar. inermis - thornless variety
Christie'Christie' (a.k.a. Halka) - sturdy-trunked form; round-headed crown with less drooping branches; to 40' tall and wide; rarely fruits
Imperial'Imperial' (a.k.a. 'Impcole') - relatively dwarf mature size; to 30' tall; compact spreading habit; produces few pods; thornless
Spectrum'Spectrum' (a.k.a.'Speczam') - early spring bright yellow foliage, purportedly holds its golden hue later into the season than other gold-foliaged forms; habit is rounded; to 35' tall and wide
Rubylace'Rubylace' - bronze-red foliage
Arnold Pink'Arnold Pink' - large, rose-pink flowers that fade to very light pink; probably a H. tetraptera ssp. monticola cultivar
Meehanii'Meehanii' - shrub-like; grows to 12' tall; numerous white flowers, smaller than species; leaves are coarser and more wrinkled than species
ssp. monticolassp. monticola (a.k.a. H. monticola) - larger, more tree-like form; to 80' tall; found at elevations of 3000' or more in the southeast; this plant is considered by some to be a separate species; one or several main trunks and a conical, bushy crown; leaves and flowers are larger and coarser than typical H. tetraptera; less tolerant of heat than H. tetraptera.
Silver Splash'Silver Splash' - green leaves streaked and splashed with white or yellow
Variegata'Variegata' - white or yellow variegated foliage
UConn Weding Bells'UConn Wedding Bells' (a.k.a. 'Wedding Bells') - smaller form; rounded habit reaching 20' tall; more numerous white flowers which are larger than the species and open more fully; leaves somewhat shiny
var. vestitavar. vestita - form of ssp. monticola; pubescent leaves; more rounded at the base; plant maintains a central leader in maturity
Coombe Wood'Coombe Wood' - larger in all parts; gold-yellow blooms with a purple-red base; large, broad habit; large leaves
Autumn Embers'Autumn Embers' - brilliant fall color (especially in colder areas); foliage may turn red-purple; blooms orange in spring
Christmas Cheer'Christmas Cheer' - plants have been known to start flowering by Christmas; flowers are red-purple and exude a strong, sweet fragrance
Lombart's Weeping'Lombart's Weeping' - plant is quite unique among witchhazels, it matures to form a small tree (to 6' tall) with branches that weep to the ground; blooms orange-red early in the season (January to March) 'Sandra' - A selection most noted for its orange-red bright fall color, although this trait seems to be more pronounced in northern locations and may vary yearly. The flowers are bright yellow in spring. Emerging leaves are said to carry a purplish overlay, as well.