No idea what will come after them - mice, jays? ... Pat lives in Australia too, so does Ginger ... they might know.
I pick hazel nuts when the green leafy calyx surrounding the nut is beginning to turn colour at the tips - much later than that and the squirrels have got them. Then if you've enough not to eat them all there and then, you need to dry them in the sun.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi All. We have been given a pot bound twisted hazel but all the branches are straight apart from the main stem that had started out twisted but my partners parents had pruned it, (sounds like a bit too much). I've built a big rockery and want to plant it in there. If I take all the shoots off which is pretty much all of it!, is there a chance that it will come back to the twist again? Many thanks for any advice.
I should point out that the little one I bought is now 15 ft and shading out the greenhouse. I hack it down regularly. don't think it's suitable for a rockery. Perhaps a dwarf conifer?
Well I bought it in 1980. on my first honeymoon, ( a night in Baslow), from a garden centre in Darley Dale. It was a couple of foot high then. I planted it in my first house, a semi detached rabbit hutch(sorry bungalow). We moved 10 months later and took it with us. We stayed in the new place for about 10 years, dug it up and moved it again. I then planted it in the hedge line here. Then it went bonkers.
Thanks both. I guessed that it had, had its day and sadly my g/f said it used to be very twisted but sounds like never again. ?. Yes It's tempting to buy a new one, dove, and donate the straight one right back to her parents, with a little advice about pruning! Lol.
i stumbled across this thread on a google search and thought I'd join up to the forum for some help on this and maybe some other things!
i have (I think) I twisted hazel. We moved into this house 18 months ago and I've literally done nothing to this plant. I find it quite intimidating to be honest but want to ensure I'm looking after it.
Im thinking maybe I should be pruning it at the very least? If so, when would be a good time?
as you can see, it's quite big. Proba about 8-10ft!
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No idea what will come after them - mice, jays? ... Pat lives in Australia too, so does Ginger ... they might know.
I pick hazel nuts when the green leafy calyx surrounding the nut is beginning to turn colour at the tips - much later than that and the squirrels have got them. Then if you've enough not to eat them all there and then, you need to dry them in the sun.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi All. We have been given a pot bound twisted hazel but all the branches are straight apart from the main stem that had started out twisted but my partners parents had pruned it, (sounds like a bit too much). I've built a big rockery and want to plant it in there. If I take all the shoots off which is pretty much all of it!, is there a chance that it will come back to the twist again? Many thanks for any advice.
I think you pruned off the top grafted bit. You are left with the hazel rootstock. sadly you have a straight hazel .
Oh dear ... you now have a 'normal' hazel which will grow much too big to plant on your rockery.
Go on .... treat yourselves .... buy a new Corylus avellana contorta .... you know you want to ...
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I should point out that the little one I bought is now 15 ft and shading out the greenhouse. I hack it down regularly. don't think it's suitable for a rockery. Perhaps a dwarf conifer?
Goodness Fidget ... how long have you had it? The one I planted 30+ years ago is not as big as that!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well I bought it in 1980. on my first honeymoon, ( a night in Baslow), from a garden centre in Darley Dale. It was a couple of foot high then. I planted it in my first house, a semi detached rabbit hutch(sorry bungalow). We moved 10 months later and took it with us. We stayed in the new place for about 10 years, dug it up and moved it again. I then planted it in the hedge line here. Then it went bonkers.
Thanks both. I guessed that it had, had its day and sadly my g/f said it used to be very twisted but sounds like never again. ?. Yes It's tempting to buy a new one, dove, and donate the straight one right back to her parents, with a little advice about pruning! Lol.
Many thanks both.
Hi all,
i stumbled across this thread on a google search and thought I'd join up to the forum for some help on this and maybe some other things!
i have (I think) I twisted hazel. We moved into this house 18 months ago and I've literally done nothing to this plant. I find it quite intimidating to be honest but want to ensure I'm looking after it.
Im thinking maybe I should be pruning it at the very least? If so, when would be a good time?
as you can see,
it's quite big. Proba about 8-10ft!
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