American Hazelnut Shrub

Hazelnuts from very good genetics, bigger nuts then wild American Hazelnut, cold hardy to zone 4b. Shrubs grow multiple stems from the base, grow to be about 5ft wide and 10ft tall. Can be planted in a hedge at every 5ft or farther apart if you want to be able to walk in between them. 

Hazelnuts are a great shrub for growing your own nuts in a small space. The nuts are easily hand harvested in the fall. After airdrying, the husk can be removed by hand. A nut cracker is useful for getting to the kernals. Hazelnuts can be roasted, used in salads, baking, added to yogurts and much more. 

Hazelnut shrubs are started in the early spring and grown in 2.75x2.75x9inch pots. Grass is big competition for young hazelnuts, provide them with at least 3x3ft of grass/weed free area with landscape cloth, cardboard, mulch or herbicide. Water your new tree in the pot before planting and after planting with 1qrt-1/2 gallon. Mulching reduces the need for sequential watering. Plant your hazelnuts so the stem is the same level to the ground as it was to the soil in the pot. Slide the whole root mass out gently and do not shake off any of the growing medium- plant the entire 2.75x2.75x9 inch cuboid.

I will email or call you when your trees are ready to pick and you will have 3 weeks from then to arrange a time with me to pick up your trees at my farm at 3151 F52 Trl Parnell Iowa. Please plan on transporting your trees inside the cab of a vehicle- they will not do will do well in an open truck bed.