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Sweet chestnut is cultivated for several beautiful features. The deciduous leaves are deep green, elliptic to oblong, up to 20 cm long, distinctly serrated and glossy, turning deep golden yellow in autumn. Flowers are creamy beige catkins that appear in July. They release a rather strong fragrance ( ...
VII - VII
5 - 20m
5 - 10m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hazel is a well-known shrub of European woodlands which is popular mainly for its nuts.
It is a suckering, thicket-forming shrub with numerous upright stems. As it is a dense and large shrub it is used as a screening plant. It will also make a wild hedge which should be controlled if required compa ...
II - III
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Contorta is a contorted version of our European hazelnut. It was found as a spontaneous mutation of a branch in a hedge in Tortworth, England, in the middle of 1800’s by a Victorian gardener Canon Henry Nicholson Ellacombe. Enthusiastically and willingly he cut off a twig brought it to his fri ...
II - III
2 - 3m
2 - 3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Filbert is a hazelnut species from S.E. Europe and S.W. Asia and exhibits a vigorously growing many-stemmed shrub with deciduous leaves. Purpurea is an old variety with deep maroon to near black leaves. They are 5-12 cm long, 4-10 cm wide, and during summer the colour of maturing leaves changes to d ...
II - III
3 - 6m
3 - 6m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Common walnut is a native tree of the Old World. Its natural habitat lies between South-eastern Europe and Himalayas. Irrespective of its large size it is still one of the most sought-after fruit trees of our country.
Walnut has attractive, pinnate foliage that have a unique scent. Flowers are cat ...
IV - V
5 - 20m
5 - 20m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
