Object Details
- Description
- Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick is an excellent winter plant. A cultivar of the more common European filbert, this plant is unique for its twisting, contorted growth and winter bloom. It was first noticed growing in an English hedgerow in the mid-1800s, and selected for its interesting form. Many of the plants currently sold in nurseries are grafted to rootstock of the species, meaning that any suckers which sprout from the roots will grow straight. In order to maintain the curled appearance of this plant, these should be pruned. This cultivar does not normally produce nuts.
- Hardiness
- -30 - 20 F
- Bloom Time
- Winter to early spring
- Provenance
- Uncertain
- Accession Number
- 2011-0424A
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Life Form
- Deciduous shrub/sub-shrub
- Average Height
- 8-10'
- Bark Characteristics
- Smooth, light brow to gray.
- Bloom Characteristics
- Pendulous catkins in groups of 3. Hanging part of catkin is male, with small female flower just above it. Catkins are 2-3" long.
- Fall Color
- Yellow
- Fruit Characteristics
- No fruit.
- Structure
- Twisted
- Range
- Cultivated
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection
- On Display
- Ripley Gardens
- Common Name
- Curly European Filbert
- Harry Lauder's Walking Stick
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Rosanae
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Genus
- Corylus
- Species
- avellana
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Trees
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2011-0424A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax75a01ff74-680d-4d33-9217-76eac25b9138
