In article , Nick Maclaren
writes
In article ,
Janet Baraclough wrote:

I was wondering about cornus mas. Or possibly fothergilla, whose
flowers are not very round or yellow like Nick's description but the
form is similar to hamamelis. Both are hardy outside.

Cornus mas it is! Thanks. I didn't know that one, and didn't realise
how different it was from the 'flowering dogwoods'.

grin that was my first thought, but I thought 'No, Nick'll know that!'
;-)

By flowering dogwoods, do you mean all the ones with big white bracts?
How similar is it to Cornus alba, for example? (I'm not particularly
overwhelmed by dogwoods so haven't inspected mine minutely)
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Kay
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