Distylium myricoides (Piroche form) Edible petal-less flowers open along the

petal-less flowers open along the branches in puffs of deep red stamens

and the shrub fruits best cut back hard in late winter

growing in sandy

give room for the tall stems

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

Distylium myricoides (Piroche form) Edible petal-less flowers open along theDistylium 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