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'Purple Filbert' Hazel Tree

Small but mighty nut tree

Grown by John

South Downs National Park

Tree in a 9L Pot

120-150cm inc. pot

£55

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The highlights

  • Plum purple foliage
  • Produces good crops of delicious hazelnuts
  • Excellent for smaller gardens or as hedging
  • Yellow catkins add winter interest

Description

  • A purple-leaved relative of our native Hazel with much larger nuts and leaves on a compact plant
  • Filberts are delicious eaten fresh or roasted - these ones have a wine-purple tint!
  • A very attractive, small multi stemmed tree which grows to 3 x 3m
  • Ideal fpr smaller gardens or as hedging
  • Develops long yellow catkins in late winter
  • Cultivated in Southern Europe for 1000s of years
  • 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.MORE

What To Expect

Supplied as:

9L Eco Pot
This tree is supplied in a 9L Poly-Pot, which is approx D15 x H30cm. Poly-Pots use 70% less plastic then traditional pots and can be recycled easily. A 9L pot allows ample space for good root development and can support a good size tree.

Height on arrival:

120-150cm inc. pot
3m

Eventual height:

3m

Eventual spread:

3m

Tasting notes:

Creamy, toasted and earthy flavours

Time to first crop:

3-4 years
Hazelnut bushes will usually produce their first nuts in their fourth year, though they will not come into full nut production until year nine or later.

Habit:

Bushy

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
This tree is fully hardy, meaning it will survive under any condition including the occasional snowy winters 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 protect it overnight with horticultural fleece.

Self fertile:

Self fertile

Uses:

Eating, cooking

Rootstock:

Spacing:

3m

How To Grow

Excellent pest and disease resistance

Generally pest and disease free.MORE

Water when newly planted

Water establishing plants during dry weather for at least a year after planting.

Full sun to partial shade

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

Any fertile, well-draining soil

Filberts can tolerate a range of soil types, provided they are free draining.

No feeding required

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South Downs National Park

Meet John

110 years' expertise free with every tree

John’s family have 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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