Where To Buy Corkscrew Hazel

In late winter and early spring a mass of weeping yellow catkins unfurl.

Where to buy corkscrew hazel.

The royal horticultural society is the uk s leading gardening charity. The corkscrew hazel has flourished until now and is 6 by 5 with main branches at least 6 in girth. We aim to enrich everyone s life through plants and make the uk a greener and more beautiful place. Buy from 24 99 at the rhs plants shop.

Guaranteed best value low prices fast delivery special offers. With its deep maroon purple leaves on twisted corkscrew branches the red dragon contorted filbert is guaranteed to please with outstanding form texture and color. You can sometimes find tall specimens in plant nurseries often sold with a stake which is probably necessary in winter winds. Buy from 24 99 at the rhs plants shop.

I just looked closely at the plant and saw what looked like a fungal disease. Corkscrew hazel usually grows wider than tall and can easily be kept to four feet 1 2 m high and wide with light pruning. Gardenality is a gardening centric site made by gardeners for gardeners with tools that enhance any gardening for the expert to the weekend gardener. The corkscrew hazel was discovered in an english hedgerow in the mid 1800s by canon ellacombe a victorian era gardener.

Carry on browsing if you re happy with this or find out how to manage cookies. 24 99 delivery by crocus we use cookies to provide you with a better service and experience. 2 corylus collection click here. Some of the leaves on the branches did not open this spring on one side.

This corkscrew hazel is ideal for the middle of a sunny border where its winter outline can be fully appreciated or planted in large containers. It acquired the nickname harold lauder s walking stick in the early 20th century. This unusual and resilient deciduous shrub has the most amazing twisted stems and branches earning it the common name corkscrew hazel. In february and march the bizarrely contorted stems of this small hazel are draped with golden yellow catkins.

Harold lauder was a popular scottish entertainer who used branches from a corkscrew hazel as walking sticks. In summer the branches bear a tangle of broadly ovate green leaves followed later by nuts. Buy corylus avellana contorta corkscrew hazel online from jacksons nurseries.