For all of you who like to do some flower arranging with things from your own garden : Corylus avellana contorta, the cork screw hazel.
Do not confuse it with the Salix babylonica tortuosa, the curly willow.
So I bought a cork screw hazel because of its beautiful curly branches you can use all year round for your flower arrangements, they are beautiful in Spring with the long yellow catkins and all Winter long it looks like you have a sculpture in your garden. If I need them in Summer I remove the leafs.
HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY CURL
AND HERE
This tree is very winterhardy, even in zone 4( that is down to 30 -40 ) F°in the US and you can plant it up to zone 8. Elsewhere it can take temperatures of -25 C° and even lower. It is happy in all sorts of soil, doesn’t mind sea wind and grows up to 3 to 5 meters (10-16 feet ) high and 3 to 5 meters ( 7-15 feet) wide, it is slow growing and you can keep it “small” by cutting off the branches regularly. It even gives you hazelnuts if you have another hazeltree nearby.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE LONG YELLOW MALE CATKINS AND THE FEMALE FLOWERS ARE THE TINY PINK DOTS .
For me this is a really good strong tree for my garden who gives me lots of branches I can use.
Have a great day and thanks for visiting.
What a beautiful tree! Curleque like you and me!
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The older it gets the more beautiful it gets, like us ! 😀
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The twigs and branches are really great in arrangements. I’ve used them dried as well for long-lasting vases.
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oh, I know, I use them for Easter and for Christmas and in between, also in Ikebana style arrangements a branche looks lovely and we cut a few big branches to use in the garden near the birdfeeders for the birds to sit on and they love it
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Great idea for the bird feeder!
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It’s wonderfully sculptural!
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Absolutely gorgeous branches.
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