Corylus

Plant Catalogue – Shrubs

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Corylus – Can
be pruned hard in spring. Sun or part shade in a moist well drained soil..
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C. avellana Hazel or Cobnut, used for hedging, nuts and  coppicing

C. avellana ?Aurea? Yellow leaves in spring gradually turn limey-green, deciduous. Height and Spread about 2 metres.
C. avellana ?Contorta?  Bushy shrub with curiously  twisted shoots and broad, sharply toothed, oval, mid-green leaves, deciduous. In February and March pendent, pale yellow catkins appear. 2 to 3 metres. Spread 1.5 to 2 metres.
C. avellana ‘Red Majestic’  Bushy shrub with curiously  twisted shoots and broad, sharply toothed, oval, reddish purple leaves, deciduous. In February and March pendent, purplish catkins appear. Height 2 metres. Spread 2 metres.
C. maxima ?Purpurea’ AGM Purplish catkins in February, edible nuts mature in the autumn. Large oval purple leaves turn bronze-purple as the season progresses, deciduous. Height and Spread up to 3 metres.