Witch hazel festival and winter walk in Arboretum Kalmthout

Yearly, Arboretum Kalmthout in Belgium celebrates the flowering of Hamamelis or witch hazel. They call this the witch hazel festival. It takes place in January and February. Recommended: a winter walk in this RHS partner garden!

The witch hazel collection in Arboretum Kalmthout is the biggest in the whole of Europe. The Hamamelis walk leads you past flowering witch hazels. Discutafel published podcasts 125 en 126 -in Dutch- about this spectacle.
Visit the arboretum website for information on the witch hazel festival (English).

More winter-flowering plants

Underway, you’ll come across many other winter-flowering plants than the witch hazel. Could you mention some?

• Hazel (Corylus avellana)
• Hellebore (Helleborus)
• Eastern sowbread (Cyclamen coum)
• Corylopsis (no English name here?) (Corylopsis)
• Snowball (Viburnum)
• Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)
• Winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
• Wintersweet or Japanese allspice (Chimonanthus praecox)

Links

• Arboretum Kalmthout, an RHS partner garden
• Arboretum Kalmthout English website