Exposure: Full sun/part shade. Zone 3.
Soil: Filbert grows best in well-drained loamy soils with regular moisture.
Growth habits: Medium to fast-growing. multiple-stemmed shrubs or small trees growing from 12-20 feet tall and often forming a dense thicket. Hazels have quite ornamental catkins through the winter that fill out and color up in early spring. The nuts develop in late summer and can be harvested up to one month before they would be ripe on the plant and ripening indoors to avoid them becoming wildlife food. Hazels are a host plant for the truffle, our most delectable mushroom. Two matched varieties are needed for nut production.
Landscape uses: Small trees or large shrubs, hedges, orchard trees, living fences.
Edible/Medicinal properties: Produces small to medium sized, flavorful, very nutritional nuts that go so well with chocolate. The wood is highly valued for its craft value being tough, flexible, and durable for use in wattle fencing or basketry.

$45.00/5 gal