fully opened today in house. I love to force early flowering shrubs!
Hamamelis mollis, also known as Chinese witch hazel,
is a species of flowering plant in the witch hazel family Hamamelidaceae,
native to central and eastern China,
in Anhui, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, and Zhejiang.
It is a deciduous large shrub or small tree growing to 8 m tall.