The highlights
- Yellow catkins in early spring
- Rounded leaves turning yellow in autumn
- Slow growing and suitable for coppicing
- Edible nuts in autumn
Description
- Corylus avellana or hazel tree is a medium-sized deciduous tree, notable for its graceful catkins and edible nuts
- Cordate serrated leaves with hairy undersides turning yellow in autumn.
- Slow growing, this British native can reach 10m.
- Suitable for coppicing
- Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming “leggy”, and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE
