{"id":3045,"date":"2012-03-23T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=3045"},"modified":"2012-10-08T20:28:26","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T00:28:26","slug":"contorted-filbert-offers-great-fall-and-winter-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/03\/23\/contorted-filbert-offers-great-fall-and-winter-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Contorted Filbert Offers Great Fall And Winter Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3065\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_0064.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3065\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3065\" title=\"DSC_0064\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_0064-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_0064-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_0064-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catkins of Harry Lauder&#39;s Walking Stick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Contorted filbert (<em>Corylus avellana <\/em>\u2018Contorta\u2019), aka Harry Lauder\u2019s walking stick, is an 8-10 foot tall shrub. It grows in average well-drained acidic or mildly alkaline soil and thrives either in full or partial (6 hours) sunlight. Contorted filbert is usually sold\u00a0in a grafted form.<\/p>\n<p>It is also called corkscrew hazelnut because\u00a0most branches, twigs and leaves\u00a0display a twisting or spiraling nature. Showy yellowish brown male catkin flowers\u00a0grow to\u00a0\u00a02-3 inches in length\u00a0in late winter\u00a0and early spring. Tiny female catkins are barely visible. Contorted filbert does not bear fruits (nuts).<\/p>\n<p>The light green\u00a0almost circular\u00a0leaves\u00a0 (2-3 inches\u00a0in diameter) are double-toothed along the leaf margin. The foliage turns a drab yellow in the fall.\u00a0 Following leaf abscission, the\u00a0curlicue\u00a0branching\u00a0provides considerable autumn and winter interest.<\/p>\n<p>Contorted filbert has no serious insect or disease problems. Susceptibility to crown gall is often associated\u00a0with a poorly drained\u00a0site. Occasional scale insect infestations\u00a0may be\u00a0eradicated with 1-2 applications of dormant oil\u00a0in the winter months before\u00a0new leaves emerge. Root suckering may become a maintenance nuisance. These straight growing (not twisted) suckers tend to eventually dominate the entire shrub and should be removed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Red Majestic&#8217; is a new contorted filbert. The new spring growth emerges with burgundy red tint which\u00a0bleaches out\u00a0to a dark green foliage by late May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contorted filbert (Corylus avellana \u2018Contorta\u2019), aka Harry Lauder\u2019s walking stick, is an 8-10 foot tall shrub. It grows in average well-drained acidic or mildly alkaline soil and thrives either in full or partial (6 hours) sunlight. Contorted filbert is usually sold\u00a0in a grafted form. It is also called corkscrew hazelnut because\u00a0most branches, twigs and leaves\u00a0display [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,398,875,951,601,723,630,705,7,950],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3045"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3045"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3907,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3045\/revisions\/3907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}