hazel

The facility will deliver care for zoo animals, monitor emerging diseases in the wild and undertake conservation work such as health-checking wildlife including hazel dormice before releases into the wild.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Their findings show that temperate woodland species, including oak, elm, and hazel, were present much earlier than suggested by pollen records from Britain.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2026

The latest 'State of The Climate Report, external' published by the Met Office in 2025 revealed the flowering of hazel was almost 10 days earlier now than in the past.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

The missile, named after the Russian word for hazel tree, was first fired on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro in 2024.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

As I walked toward him, Papá turned to look at me, and his face broke into a rueful smile that didn’t quite match the sadness in his hazel eyes.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

When placing plants in the quiet-season garden, Fox recommends planting dark-flowered witch hazels where the winter sun will shine through their blossoms, and placing light-colored flowers against an evergreen backdrop.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2021

In theory, the warmer, shorter winter opens up new possibilities for the garden, allowing landscapes to become alive with such things as the misnamed autumn-flowering cherry tree, witch hazels, camellias, Japanese flowering apricot and snowdrops.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2021

Elsewhere, the hybrid witch hazels are just starting.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2021

No garden should be without hellebores or a daphne or two, winterberry hollies and witch hazels.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2019

As quickly as they could they scrambled off the beaten way and up into the deep heather and bilberry brushwood on the slopes above, until they came to a small patch of thick-growing hazels.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien