Pruning, particularly effective with the purple-leaved hazel, involves shortening each stem by half - again in late spring. The contorted hazel is slow-growing and produces a rounded, wide shape.

SERIES 33 | Episode 21. Tino shows us how to prune a hazelnut tree for better nut production. Hazelnuts (Corylus avellana cv.) are a great looking tree, will grow in most soil types, and cope with ...

plant of the week: corkscrew hazel, corylus avellana Quirky shrub 'Harry Lauder's Walking Stick', or the corkscrew hazel, was discovered by 19th century clergymangardener Canon Ellacombe.

Corylus avellana ‘Contorta': Annual pruning will keep it in shape and to the height required without affecting either the catkins produced or the production of new twisted growth.

Our native hazel (Corylus avellana) has golden catkins and snuff-brown hazelnuts enclosed in a brown-paper collar. Imagine instead pink catkins followed by claret-coloured nuts enclosed in a much ...

Corylus avellana “contorta” is an unusual deciduous shrub that appears best in the winter landscape. Known as Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick, it is named for the early 20th-century comedian ...

Q: I am looking to plant two purple hazelnut trees in a small garden near a south-facing wall in a city garden. The entire garden is only about 700 square feet with some shade from nearby ...

In the Garden Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick (Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’) is an ornamental filbert grown for its twisted, gnarly stems. Unfortunately, a devastating fungus disease ...

These can be pruned from your own trees (pruning spruce or pine in November or December is a good idea) ... (Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ willow is hardy to zone 4b).

GINA PARKINSON on a shrub that twists and turns to striking effect.