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Hazel

B3B3 Posts: 27,504
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For years I have been brutally pruning,what I thought was a lime tree (not the citrus one). Last year, I noticed a catkin and realised that it was probably a hazel.

Bearing in mind that we,are plagued with squirrels and will never get a nut, is it worth allowing it to grow?

In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Hi B3. I would let it grow. Its a lovely British native and it does make a great plant.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504

    Ok ladybird, I will stop torturing it!

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    And when it gets too big you can just coppice it to the ground and start again - as you've found, they will always grow back no matter how much you hack at them! image

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Lasts longer in a closed wood burnerimage

    They grow straight after coppicing



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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