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Filberts
(Corylus species) Filberts are easy to grow and very productive. They make a great edible hedge. Space 3-4' apart for a hedge planting. Click for specific growing info.
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K030 Contorted filbert
(Corylus avellana contorta) Known as Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick, the trunk and branches all grow in twisted spirals making it a beautiful conversation piece, especially in the winter when the leaves are off and catkins are on. Even the leaves are contorted. Most people find it incredibly beautiful, however the anthropomorphically minded may feel sorry for it. It can be left to contort near ground level or is more often trained up a stake and allowed to start contorting at 4-6 feet high. If pollinized by another filbert it may set a light nut full description
(5 or more bndls $47.50ea); We are offering a cross pollinating mixture of productive filbert varieties (Delta and Lewis) for those interested in planting productive nut bearing hedgerows, at an affordable price. These are on their own roots. Trees planted at 4 foot intervals should be allowed to sucker freely, which they will vigorously do, and an effective barrier 10 to 15 feet tall will be formed in several years. Filbert hedgerows have formed fence-like boundaries around fields in northern Europe for hundreds of years; giving shade, browse full description
Jefferson is Oregon State University’s latest Eastern Filbert Blight immune variety. It yields large flavorful nuts that fill the shell with few blanks. It is expected to replace Barcelona as the leading commercial variety. A late bloomer, it is best pollinated by Gem or Hall’s Giant. full description
Santiam now makes it possible to grow filberts in areas like western Washington and Oregon which have large areas with Eastern Filbert Blight.
Santiam is newly released from Oregon State University and the result of two decades of breeding for blight resistance. Santiam makes a semi dwarf, heavily productive annual bearing tree that can be maintained at 10' tall, about 25% smaller than Barcelona. Highly flavorful nuts mature and fall free of the husk, two weeks before Barcelona with slightly smaller kernals but with many fewer blanks.These tw full description
This latest OSU release is very productive. It is Eastern Filbert Blight immune and also produces early ripening, very tasty nuts. It is a small tree. A good pollinizer for Sanitam, Hall's Giant and Delta. Finally with both Yamhill and Santiam we have two excellent quality immune cultivars that pollinize each other. full description
(Corylus species) Filberts are easy to grow and very productive. They make a great edible hedge. Space 3-4' apart for a hedge planting.
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