About
Corylus avellana 'Anny's Red Dwarf' is a compact hazel cultivar that typically reaches a height of around 2 meters. This shrub features an upright growth habit with a rounded, bushy crown. The leaves are dark burgundy and slightly heart-shaped with serrated edges, transitioning to a reddish bronze hue in the fall. In spring, it produces yellow catkins, which are succeeded by edible reddish-brown nuts during the summer and autumn months.
About the genus
Corylus comprises deciduous trees and sizable shrubs featuring wide leaves. In early spring, they produce prominent male catkins, which are succeeded by edible nuts.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral, Acid
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Patio and container plants, Wildlife gardens
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in any moist but well-drained soil in sun or partial shade, ideal for chalky soils and best leaf colour in full sun. For more information see cobnuts and filberts
- Pruning
- Pruning group 1
- Propagation
- Propagate by layering or stooling or removing rooted suckers
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to caterpillars, gall mites, aphids and sawflies. Squirrels like to feed on the nuts
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus, silver leaf and Powdery mildews