Corylus avellana 'Contorta' | Corkscrew Hazel - 300-350cm, 25lt Feathered prostrate shrub with elegant arching

prostrate shrub with elegant arching branches and small

somewhat resistant to drought

and yellow and orange in autumn

velvety buds and bloom in clusters in late winter and early spring on bare branches

mid- green leaves are bronze when young

Corylus avellana 'Contorta' | Corkscrew Hazel - 300-350cm, 25lt Feathered prostrate shrub with elegant archingCorylus 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