Witch hazel keeps CT company afloat. Sep 4, 2009. EAST HAMPTON. Associated Press. ... "We make sure that the way we cut witch hazel in the woods will guarantee that the plant comes back.

Witch hazel grows in profusion in New England woods, in rocky, well-drained soils. American Distilling works with a dozen “cutters,” people who harvest the shrub and deliver it chipped to the ...