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Buy corkscrew hazel corylus avellana contorta unusual twisted stems.
You can sometimes find tall specimens in plant nurseries often sold with a stake which is probably necessary in winter winds.
It acquired the nickname harold lauder s walking stick in the early 20th century.
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The leaves which are mid green and twisted appear later.
This corkscrew hazel is ideal for the middle of a sunny border where its winter outline can be fully appreciated or planted in large containers.
Harold lauder was a popular scottish entertainer who used branches from a corkscrew hazel as walking sticks.
In february and march the bizarrely contorted stems of this small hazel are draped with golden yellow catkins.
The obovate wavy leaves hold their color for most of the growing season before dropping in winter to reveal the twisted branches.
Some of the leaves on the branches did not open this spring on one side.
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The corkscrew hazel has flourished until now and is 6 by 5 with main branches at least 6 in girth.
In late winter and early spring a mass of weeping yellow catkins unfurl.
Corkscrew hazel usually grows wider than tall and can easily be kept to four feet 1 2 m high and wide with light pruning.
In summer the branches bear a tangle of broadly ovate green leaves followed later by nuts.
The corkscrew hazel was discovered in an english hedgerow in the mid 1800s by canon ellacombe a victorian era gardener.