Zone: 4 to 8
Height: 3-6 m (9-20 ft) pruned
Spread: 2.5-4.5 m (8-15 ft)
Bloom time: March to April
Bloom: Showy yellowish brown (male) catkins
Foliage: Deciduous, green to yellow
Fruit: Hazelnuts
Light: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Soil: Well drained, moist, average to rich
Maintenance: Low-medium, trim suckers, thin main structure
Use: Hedge, winter interest, orchard
Corylus avellana x (Hazelnut hybrid)
C$15.00Price
Can be pruned to multistem shrub or single trunk tree. Begins producing nuts in 3rd year. Pruning suckers (from base) and thinning crossing and excess branches (opening to suinlight) is important to nut production. Cut stems are used as withes in basketry. Can be coppiced as a shrub. Squirrel predation can be a problem.
