Corylus avellana 'Contorta' ~ Contorted Filbert, Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick Size:7 GALLON 60’-100'

60’-100'

The disease-resistant foliage emerges a maroon-red and matures to a dark green throughout summer

The oval dark green leaves emerge copper-pink and turn bright orange in fall

(1) Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Filicoides' 2014

Flowering Season: Yoshino cherries bloom in early spring

Corylus avellana 'Contorta' ~ Contorted Filbert, Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick Size:7 GALLON 60’-100'Contorted Filbert is a multi trunked deciduous shrub with a rounded habit and distinctive corkscrew branches. The small serrated green leaves are also twisted and turn an undistinguished yellow in fall. The showy pale yellow male flowers bloom on catkins in late winter into spring before the leaves come in. Grows best in rich, moist, well drained soils. Contorted Filbert does not produce nuts and has good resistance to filbert blight. Type: Shrub