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Pearson's Prolific' / 'Nottingham Early' Filbert Tree Fruit Trees
Pearson's Prolific' / 'Nottingham Early' Filbert Tree Fruit Trees
Pearson's Prolific' / 'Nottingham Early' Filbert Tree Fruit Trees
Pearson's Prolific' / 'Nottingham Early' Filbert Tree Fruit Trees
'Pearson's Prolific' / 'Nottingham Early' Filbert Tree Fruit Trees
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'Pearson's Prolific' Hazelnut Tree

Early crops of rich nuts

Grown by Danielle

South Downs National Park

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The highlights

  • Nutty, earthy flavour with a good crunch
  • A native tree ideal for wildlife gardens
  • Use to make nutty, chocolate overnight oats
  • Harvest from September

Description

  • This variety is a filbert (a type of hazelnut).
  • An early-cropping tree which is vigorous, hardy and reliable.
  • A neatly-shaped tree ideal for any size of garden, growing to 5 x 4m and can be pruned smaller.
  • Produces heavy crops of large, richly-flavoured nuts.
  • Harvest from September.
  • A UK-native species which is beneficial to wildlife.
  • Grow in full sun or partial shade in a sheltered spot.
  • Can be grown as a specimen tree or used for screening or hedging.
  • A popular variety which is grown commercially in the UK.
  • Also known as 'Nottingham Early' filbert.
  • Filberts are round, medium-sized tree nuts that come in a smooth hard wooden shell. They can be distinguished from cobnuts by their larger husks, but the main thing you need to know is that they're absolutely delicious!
  • 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.

What to expect

Supplied as

3L Poly-Pot
This tree is supplied in a 3L Poly-Pot. Poly-Pots use 70% less plastic than traditional pots and can be recycled.

Height on arrival

60-90cm inc. pot

Eventual height

6m

Eventual spread

5m
Spreads up to 4m unless pruned

Tasting notes

Large and richly flavoured

Time to first crop

Flower colour

Yellow
Large yellow catkins

Habit

Bushy/upright
Grows with a neat bushy habit

Hardiness

Fully hardy
This tree is fully hardy, meaning it will survive under any conditions, including the odd snowy winter in the UK. The one thing to watch out for is blossoms being affected by frost. If there is frost forecast when your tree is in blossom, you should wrap it overnight with horticultural fleece or bubblewrap.

Self fertile

Partially self fertile
Will produce a crop on its own but even more with a pollination partner. Another variety of filbert, any hazelnut or cob will pollinate, even the native hazel ‘Corylus avellana’ is a suitable pollinator and is often found in native hedgerows.

Uses

Eating, cooking

Spacing

How to grow
Excellent pest and disease resistance

Excellent pest and disease resistance

Generally pest and disease free

Full sun to partial shade

Full sun to partial shade

Will be happy in partial shade but we recommend planting them in full sun for the best crops.

Any fertile, well-draining soil

Any fertile, well-draining soil

Will tolerate less than perfect conditions but prefers well drained, loamy soils. If your soil is heavy or sandy, mix in some perlite or fine horticultural grit when planting, to improve drainage.

Some structural pruning required

Some structural pruning required

Prune annually in mid to late February to maintain the tree's shape and encourage cropping

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South Downs National Park

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110 years' expertise free with every tree

Danielle's nursery has been growing trees in the South Downs National Park for over a century, and it shows. Dug up and sent straight to your garden at between 18-36 months old, their quality rootstocks, expert pruning and natural pest control mean that these traditionally field-grown trees are the hardiest you can get.

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We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.

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I have ordered plants from them twice this year. They arrived well packaged, on time and looked strong and healthy. I feel the staff from Roots plants deal with their plants and customers with passion and care. I can’t wait to order again, price is good as well.

Peter Mawer
2 May

Highly recommended all round

Delivered quickly, perfectly packaged and the tree was in excellent condition. Really healthy and taken to the garden with no problems. Can't recommend highly enough. 5 stars isn't enough!

John Harris
3 April

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Unlike other online sellers, this company are well ahead in the quality stakes. My plant arrived promptly as per their promise and the plant was much more established and healthy than I had expected. It’s the second time I have ordered from them and I have faith in their promise. Excellent service.

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26 February

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