The highlights
- Spring catkins, autumn colour and hazelnuts
- Supports over 70 insect species
- Fast growth rate – 40-60cm per year
- Grows up to 8m or keep trimmed at 1-5m
Description
- A native deciduous hedge that’s great for wildlife and even gives you hazelnuts
- The large, rounded leaves turn an attractive orange/gold in autumn. From January to March you’ll see fluffy yellow catkins (known as lambs’ tails) on the bare branches and the hazelnuts ripen from September to October
- A fully hardy, fast growing plant which will reach a height of approx 8m but can easily be maintained at 1-5m
- Even the prunings are useful – use hazel stems as plant stakes for your peas and beans
- Hazel supports at least 70 species of insects plus birds, moths, dormice, deer and squirrels
