I bought a witch hazel or it was marked as that, about 10 yrs ago. The reason I say was marked as it has never ever bloomed. Do witch hazels have males or do you need 2 to bloom? It's a nice bush, but with no flowers it's just a bush.
Try begonias, make sure they are the shade variety. Also look to see how many hours of morning sun u get in a day, check all summer long (keep a log). In the spring I get 2 1/2 hrs but during the summer it gets 4 or longer. Since I observed this, I was able to go to part sun and I even have...