evergreen shrub or small tree
or as a background in beds and borders
Very adaptive and resilient
Pruning in late winter or early spring encourages bright new growth
Its inner bark can be used to make quality paper
Corylus avellana 'Contorta' | Corkscrew Hazel - 160-180cm, 35lt 8ft-6ft | 1.9m-2.2m evergreen shrub or small treeCorylus avellana 'Contorta' is an unusual, deciduous, multi stemmed, suckering shrub, well known for its stunning contorted and twisted branches that curl and spiral in all directions. Long, golden yellow catkins appear in late winter or early spring, before the foliage, and hang loosely from the branches like ornaments. The leaves are ovate, dark green in summer, yellow in autumn. Usually does not produce fruit. Corylus avellana 'Contorta' likes