… or not? As we continue on in our series, we make a stop at these odd and irregular shaped fruits of this shrub located right outside the LaFortune Student Center. Located on God Quad, Hamamelis Virginiana, or witchhazel, is a native shrub to the area that has bright yellow, yellowish-orange flowers in the fall. These shrubs are slow growing, and being slow growers, they are not popular among gardeners. The seeds of the witchazel are edible, but instead of eating them, you are more likely to use witchhazel in other ways. How? Well, witchhazel has been used in medicines to help relieve swelling, bleeding, itching, minor pain, and discomfort caused by minor skin irritations, e.g. bug bites and hemorrhoids. On witchhazel, Fr. Terry Ehrman asked, "But does it go well with ice cream?"
