Corylus colurna
Turkish Filbert

Corylus colurna - Overall Habit
 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Yellow (Flowers are not too showy but the male catkins can be handsome; spring)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Attractive dark-green leathery foliage in summer); Yellow (Usually poor yellow-green fall color)
 Stem Notes:
Gray-brown, glandular-pubescent, coarse,
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Nuts in early fall; not ornamentally important)
 Ultimate Height:
40-50 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
15-35 feet
 Bloom Times:
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Prefers a well-drained, loamy soil, but is pH adaptable
 Maintenance:
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Alternate, simple, broadly ovate to obovate leaves 2.5-6" long. Doubly serrate or crenate serrate margins that are somewhat irregular. Pubescence on veins beneath. Male catkins in spring are 2-3" long, often in groups of three. Fissures up and down the stem, more so with age.
 Ecological Functions:
  Special Characteristics:
  • Drought Tolerant 280
  • Food/Edible 84
  • Notable Bark 165
  • Specimen 612
  • Street Tree 138

    • Additional Information

    Horizontal branch structure (with lower branches often touching the ground), strong central leader, and bark give good winter character. Does great in hot summers and cold winters, very adaptable. Quite drought tolerant after establishment, leaves stay green when maples scorch. Needs supplemental water immediately after transplanting and until established. Otherwise drought tolerant. Nuts are edible and can be roasted.

    20 Corylus colurna found

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    = Heritage plant = Memorial plant
    Number Accession ID Location
    1ORIG_8514*APGW
    22012_01434*FMOLL
    32012_01434*CMOLL
    42013_00003*AHORTPARK
    52012_01434*DMOLL
    6ORIG_8521*AMRDH
    72012_01434*JMOLL
    8ORIG_7688*APGNW
    9ORIG_8512*APGW
    102009_13461*AHORTPARK
    11ORIG_7691*APHYS
    122012_01434*EMOLL
    13ORIG_8520*AMRDH
    14ORIG_8519*AMRDH
    152013_00131*AHORTPARK
    16ORIG_8511*APGW
    17ORIG_8515*APGW
    18ORIG_7675*AAR
    19ORIG_8513*APGW
    202021_00072*ASTEW
    Heritage Plant
    Dedicated/Memorial Plant

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