13+ Contorted Filbert Tree Pictures. Corylus avellana (own root) just beginning to leaf early in july, 2008. Contorted filbert will tolerate most soils, but it does not do well in dense clay.
Our house was a rental before we bought it, so no one had taken care of this tree properly…
Its mid green leaves are broadly ovate, rounded, up to 12cm long, softly hairy on their upper and lower surfaces, have a double serrate margin and are often. Contorted filbert is sold in the garden center trade as a unique specimen shrub that features twisted, spiraling branches and showy male catkins that hang from the dormant branches during the winter months. Marianne binetti demonstrates how to prune a contorted filbert tree. Red dragon contorted filbert is a truly unique small ornamental tree.