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:: Betulaceae :: CORYLUS :: avellana :: 'Geant de Halle', 'Merveille de Bolwiller', 'Nottingham', 'Rouge de Zeller', Webb's Prize Cobb'

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Native shrub with edible fruits, hosting an important auxiliary fauna. It is widely used in hedgerows.

Shrub with multiple trunks forming a tuft of 10-12 branches up to 3-4 m. The leaves are deciduous, heart-shaped toothed with a tip. Male catkins of 6 cm, yellowish, appear in February-March ; female flowers spikes are erected.

The hazelnut is an edible fruit. It contains a single seed, the almond. It is protected by an involucre before maturity (bracts).

Fruit varieties:

'Geant de Halle' or 'Merveille de Bolwiller' : very hardy, late flowering, adapted to cold regions. Fruiting in September, large round fruit.
'Nottingham': very productive variety with small elongated fruits, very thin skin easy to break.
'Rouge de Zeller': purple young leaves becoming dark green. Good fruit.
'Webb's Prize Cobb': large fruit, very productive.

Uses: Natural hedges, Orchard

Global caracteristics:

Type of foliage: deciduous
Habit: bushy
Height: 4 m x 3.50 m (13 ft x 11.5 ft)
Growth: medium to fast
Flowering period: January to March
Époque de fructification : September-October

Shape and colours:

Couleur du bois : beige
Foliage shape: heart shaped
Foliage colour: light green
Foliage colour in autumn: orange yellow
Flowers shape: catkins
Flowers colour: cream yellow
Forme des fruits : egg-shell
Couleur des fruits : brown

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