Corylus avellana 'Contorta'
Harry Lauder's Walkingstick

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Yellow;red (Large, yellow-brown male catkins;small, reddish female catkins; emerge early in spring)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Medium to dark green, curled and twisted foliage); Yellow (Poor yellow fall foliage)
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Very rarely produced; edible, 0.75" long nut in a toothed and lobed involucre of equal length)
 Ultimate Height:
6-10 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
6-10 feet
 Soil Notes:
Tolerant of poor, dry soils
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
The curled, twisted, and contorted leaves (2-4" long by 1.5-3" wide) are alternate, simple, doubly serrated, and pubescent above and below, with a cordate leaf base and sharply acuminate tip. Stem and petiole are both glandular pubescent.

Additional Information

This unique shrub provides excellent winter interest with its strongly twisting, contorted branches. Usually grown in grafted form, so it is important to immediately remove any root suckers.

11 Corylus avellana 'Contorta' found

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= Heritage plant = Memorial plant
Number Accession ID Location
12012_00519*APRCE
22024_00288*APMU
32024_00288*BPMU
42024_00288*CSTEW
52024_00288*DSTEW
62024_00288*ESTEW
72025_00001*ALILY
82025_00001*BLILY
92025_00001*CLILY
102025_00001*DLILY
112025_00001*ELILY

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