Distylium myricoides (Piroche form) Edible ivory white with a deep

ivory white with a deep maroon throat

lending a planting a settled sense of place

and the shrub fruits best cut back hard in late winter

root-hardy in zone 8 and a year-round shrub in frost-free gardens

Distylium myricoides (Piroche form) Edible ivory white with a deepDistylium myricoides belongs to the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, an evergreen cousin of the fragrant winter witch hazels, though the kinship shows in the flowers rather than the leaves. The Piroche form is a distinct, low slung selection of the species, chosen for a broad, spreading habit and strong horizontal branching that make the plant read more as living groundwork than as an upright shrub. Where the typical isu tree arches upward into a