Corylus avellana Contorta
Corkscrew Hazel, Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick
A real curiosity for parks and gardens. Small twiggy branches can be sympathetically removed and used add interest to seasonal floral displays
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This Hazel is also known as Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick after the Scottish music hall performer who had a trademark “twisted” walking stick.
A very small and slow growing tree that has strangely twisted and contorted branches which create a dense and rounded habit.
It is believed to have been discovered in a Gloucestershire hedgerow in the 1860s.
A real curiosity for parks and gardens.
Small twiggy branches can be sympathetically removed and used add interest to seasonal floral displays.
Mature height: 3-5m
Mature spread: 2-4m
A very small and slow growing tree that has strangely twisted and contorted branches which create a dense and rounded habit.
It is believed to have been discovered in a Gloucestershire hedgerow in the 1860s.
A real curiosity for parks and gardens.
Small twiggy branches can be sympathetically removed and used add interest to seasonal floral displays.
Mature height: 3-5m
Mature spread: 2-4m
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Corkscrew Hazel, Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick
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