How Is Witch Hazel Pollinated

American witchhazel is pollinated by a moth. The small, tanish to gray, hard capsules go dormant throughout the winter and then develop over the next growing season and then in autumn forcibly expel two shiny black seeds 10 to 20 feet rarely to 40 feet. The seeds then take an additional year to germinate.

Is witch hazel wind pollinated?

Of course, there is always the possibility that it is primarily wind-pollinated, though that would be unusual for a species with such showy flowers—a trait that generally evolves to attract insects. Witch hazel also produces sticky pollen and nectar with a sucrose ratio typical of bee or fly-pollinated flowers.

Do bees pollinate witch hazel?

On the cold days of fall when other plants have lost their color, witch-hazel bursts into a show of yellow flowers beckoning our bees from the warmth of the hive to forage just a bit further into the fall. … For this reason, most of the witch-hazel flowers go without pollination and the plant produces few fruits.