{"id":2727,"date":"2019-05-09T00:04:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T07:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-520\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T16:57:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:57:30","slug":"burnt-leaves-on-corylopsis","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/burnt-leaves-on-corylopsis\/","title":{"rendered":"burnt leaves on Corylopsis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our Spike Witchhazel has burnt leaves throughout the plant on the<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>tips. What could be the cause of this? This is its third year in the same spot with full sun.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Are you referring to Corylopsis (sometimes known as Spike winterhazel or Buttercup<br \/>\nwinterhazel), or to a Hamamelis? (They are in the same plant family, but<br \/>\nlook quite different). Here are some pictures for comparison:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231216113844\/http:\/\/www.paghat.com\/winterhazel.html\">Corylopsis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Witch-hazel\">Hamamelis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200719012103\/http:\/\/arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu\/pdf\/articles\/1976-36-3-the-witch-hazel-family-hamamelidaceae.pdf\">Hamamelis family (Hamamelidaceae)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Corylopsis leaf edges do have a tendency to get sunburned in full sun and<br \/>\nwindy sites. They prefer a partly shady spot, and organic, acid,<br \/>\nwell-drained soil, although they will do well enough in full sun (except<br \/>\nfor the burnt leaf edges). Again, though, I would be concerned about<br \/>\nfertilizer burn as well. I never use fertilizer of any kind, just the<br \/>\noccasional addition of organic compost, on my Corylopsis, and it does<br \/>\nnicely in a mostly sunny spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Spike Witchhazel has burnt leaves throughout the plant on the tips. What could be the cause of this? This is its third year in the same spot with full sun. &nbsp; Are you referring to Corylopsis (sometimes known as Spike winterhazel or Buttercup winterhazel), or to a Hamamelis? (They are in the same plant family, but look quite different). Here are some pictures for comparison: Corylopsis Hamamelis Hamamelis family (Hamamelidaceae) Corylopsis leaf edges do have a tendency to get&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/burnt-leaves-on-corylopsis\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">burnt leaves on Corylopsis<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[674],"class_list":["post-2727","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-corylopsis"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}