 | Hazel (Corylus Avallana)
Hazel is a native deciduous hedging plant, suitable both as a component in a mixed hedge or as a single species hedge. Its distinctive pale yellow fluffy catkins (male) known as lambs tails appear from January to March and hang along the length of the bare twigs, not just at the ends. The catkins are accompanied by less noticeable flowers (female) and it is important to retain some of both when trimming (in March) if the edible nuts are required. The nuts are fully ripe by about September/October, when they are distributed by squirrels. The leaves are soft, slightly hairy, large and rounded with a pointed tip and turn an attractive orange/gold leaves in autumn. Its a bushy multi-stemmed plant and the young stems are useful as stakes/pea sticks. Hazel supports at least 70 species of insects plus moth caterpillars, dormice, deer and squirrels. It is fine in most free draining soils and windy/exposed sites and is shade tolerant. Hazel grows by about 45cm pa.
Prices shown are the price per plant. Planting distances are very much a matter of choice - for bare roots, 3 plants per metre is adequate, 5 is good, 7 in a double staggered row will give a dense hedge quicker. Generally, smaller plants should be planted at higher density. Cell grown should be planted at 4 per metre in a single row or ideally 6 per metre in a staggered row. Pot grown planting density is as shown below but you can vary this depending on your budget and level of patience.
Bare roots are only available November to March but you can pre-order bare root plants during summer/autumn 2010 for delivery in November 2010 - and get the benefit of last year's prices. Pot grown and cell grown plants are available all year round.
Don't forget to order RootGrow or Bonemeal (see the section at the bottom of the left hand menu).
Please see our new list of superb quality Specimen Shrubs (bottom of the menu on the left hand side of the website) - free delivery when ordered with your hedging plants.
Bare roots are only available November to March.
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