Hamamelis × intermedia 'Westerstede'

A deciduous shrub or small tree to 4m high, with ascending branches creating a vase-shaped form. Leaves are broadly ovate, mid to dark green with broadly serrated margins, and turn shades of yellow in autumn. Produces large, lightly scented flowers on bare stems in early spring, each with four long, narrow, golden yellow petals backed by small, recurved rich brown sepals at the base