Some similarities to : Witch Hazel trees such as Chinese Witch-Hazel which is also a tree bearing yellow, 4-petalled flowers very early in the year well before the leaves, but here the flowers are arranged on longish stalks emanating from a single point in a semi-globe. The globed flowers as a whole attaches directly to twigs and branches without stalks in a similar way.

Slight resemblance to : Ivy and Japanese Aralia which has similar semi-globed creamy-yellow flowers.

Uniquely identifiable characteristics

Distinguishing Feature :

No relation to : Cherry trees such as Bird Cherry, Cherry Laurel, Wild Cherry, Dwarf Cherry, Rum Cherry, St Lucie's Cherry or Cherry-Plum [trees belonging to the Rose Family].

A shrub or small tree up to 4m high. It is mostly planted and is very rarely found growing wild in Britain. Where it is naturalised, it is found in woods and hedges, such as at Hargham, Norfolk. It flowers very early in the year, before the leaves have grown. It produces a red berry as fruit.

ANY TEXT GOES HERE