Corylus cornuta (Beaked Hazel)
Beaked hazel is a beloved native shrub featuring l branches have an attractive, open, zig-zag form when they are young. As the plant develops, it matures into a dense clump with a vase-like shape at the base and arching, lateral-branching pattern above a vase-like form — all of which is especially lovely in the winter landscape.
The magenta female flowers are hard to see, but the attractive male catkins all along the branches are revealed when the leaves drop and persist through late spring, adding beauty and telling us spring is on its way.
Hazel features large, fuzzy green leaves that turn bright yellow (and sometimes into reddish tones) in autumn. The tasty nuts produced by the Beaked Hazel attract jays, chipmunks/squirrels and and other cache-forming animals. This native deciduous shrub reaches 15-20 ft. tall over time.
It’s an adaptable shrub, thriving in full sun to a fair bit of shade, and dry to moist soils.
Fuzzy leaves turn brilliant yellow in fall. The delicate male catkins form in the fall and grace the branches all winter before maturing and pollinating the female flowers in March.
Beaked hazel is a beloved native shrub featuring l branches have an attractive, open, zig-zag form when they are young. As the plant develops, it matures into a dense clump with a vase-like shape at the base and arching, lateral-branching pattern above a vase-like form — all of which is especially lovely in the winter landscape.
The magenta female flowers are hard to see, but the attractive male catkins all along the branches are revealed when the leaves drop and persist through late spring, adding beauty and telling us spring is on its way.
Hazel features large, fuzzy green leaves that turn bright yellow (and sometimes into reddish tones) in autumn. The tasty nuts produced by the Beaked Hazel attract jays, chipmunks/squirrels and and other cache-forming animals. This native deciduous shrub reaches 15-20 ft. tall over time.
It’s an adaptable shrub, thriving in full sun to a fair bit of shade, and dry to moist soils.
Fuzzy leaves turn brilliant yellow in fall. The delicate male catkins form in the fall and grace the branches all winter before maturing and pollinating the female flowers in March.
Beaked hazel is a beloved native shrub featuring l branches have an attractive, open, zig-zag form when they are young. As the plant develops, it matures into a dense clump with a vase-like shape at the base and arching, lateral-branching pattern above a vase-like form — all of which is especially lovely in the winter landscape.
The magenta female flowers are hard to see, but the attractive male catkins all along the branches are revealed when the leaves drop and persist through late spring, adding beauty and telling us spring is on its way.
Hazel features large, fuzzy green leaves that turn bright yellow (and sometimes into reddish tones) in autumn. The tasty nuts produced by the Beaked Hazel attract jays, chipmunks/squirrels and and other cache-forming animals. This native deciduous shrub reaches 15-20 ft. tall over time.
It’s an adaptable shrub, thriving in full sun to a fair bit of shade, and dry to moist soils.
Fuzzy leaves turn brilliant yellow in fall. The delicate male catkins form in the fall and grace the branches all winter before maturing and pollinating the female flowers in March.