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CORKSCREW HAZEL............CORYLUS AVELLANA CONTORTA....

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ITS ANOTHER WET DAY AGAIN, BUT A KNOCK ON THE DOOR CHEERED ME UP AS THE PARCELFORCE VAN ARRIVED WITH MY CORKSCREW HAZEL I BOUGHT ON EBAY……IT ARRIVED IN A POT AND WAS REALLY WELL PACKAGED SO AM VERY PLEASED WITH IT……

ELLA WAS KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS FROM HER CHAIR…..

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thats brilliant Holly, you have some nice boots there I noticed.

25 Feb, 2010

 

lol Yorkshire.........i keep my boots by the back door.... : O ))) glad you like it...

25 Feb, 2010

 

it looks really strong and healthy, your little dog is a cutie by the way.

25 Feb, 2010

 

Okay, okay...
I'll put this on GoYpedia Wellies..
...LOL...LOL...LOL

25 Feb, 2010

 

yes its a good strong tree......i ididnt know if to put it outside or not in its pot as the gardens to boggy to plant yet.... so i emailed them and they said it would be ok out in its pot for a while...... hope it doesnt mind all the rain..... : O )))

25 Feb, 2010

 

Its lovely some lovely twists there, it should be ok Holly as I got mine a few months ago in a pot and its been out in all that frost snow etc no harm to it.

25 Feb, 2010

 

lol...TT....

25 Feb, 2010

 

oh thats good sixpence.... i was a bit worried about the weather.... are you putting yours in the garden.....or keeping it in a pot...

25 Feb, 2010

 

I shall place it in a bigger pot

25 Feb, 2010

 

that is what i intend to do.....i was told to do this by the end of march....

25 Feb, 2010

 

Thank you for that information I find them easier in pots as you can move them around and have a different scene

25 Feb, 2010

 

Ella knows everything. She would have told you if it wasn't good enough :o))

25 Feb, 2010

 

...but Ella had very muddy feet when she jumped up on that white blanket...;o)

25 Feb, 2010

 

nice one holly is it true you have to cut of any straight branches to encourage curly ones?

25 Feb, 2010

 

lol... TT.. Hywel..... ive never heard that before sanbaz......iread up on it but didnt read anything about that.....

25 Feb, 2010

 

cant remember if i saw it mentioned on tv or if i read it

25 Feb, 2010

 

will have to do some reading up on it....mines had some of the branches cut off for posting.......

25 Feb, 2010

 

holly just had a look on a grden site at some questions and a lady said if you get straight stems growing from bottom cut them off close or they will keep growing and take over the plant as the straight ones are stronger and grow quiker, hope this helps you

25 Feb, 2010

 

http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/p/5725/5725.aspx

25 Feb, 2010

 

I suppose it's a bit like variegated shrubs - if you don't cut out the reverted shoots, they take over and you lose the colour.

25 Feb, 2010

 

yes i guess so barbara

25 Feb, 2010

 

Mine went straight after it was planted out, Sanbaz. I could not figure out why but now I know. There are no 'curls' left, whatsoever - but it presented me with eight lovely nuts last Autumn! And it has masses of catkins at the moment.

25 Feb, 2010

amy
Amy
 

A lovely big healthy looking shrub Holly ........

25 Feb, 2010

 

nice you have nuts and catkins ponty, shame no curls though :o(

25 Feb, 2010

 

ella looks a bit wary

25 Feb, 2010

 

Mine grows lots of straight suckers and if I miss one of those it shoots up so I try to cut them off. The branches, catkins and leaves are very curly and it's had quite a lot of nuts in the last few years. It is a mature tree though. I'm going to try a clematis in it this year because the summer is it's least attractive time - a green blob of curly leaves!

25 Feb, 2010

 

lovely holly and looks quite large too :o)

25 Feb, 2010

 

thanks..... sanbaz and everyone 4 all the advice......will have to watch and see how it grows.....looking forward to the catkins in the spring..... Khayla Ella is 15 in march and cant see very well......but still seems to watch what im doing......
That will be interesting to see Volval .......

25 Feb, 2010

 

thanks joanella..........yes its 5ft......

25 Feb, 2010

 

Mine went straight too but at the time I didn`t know how best to look after it.

25 Feb, 2010

 

Thats a shame labdancer51..... perhaps it will come back....

26 Feb, 2010

 

ella , 15years old she is lovely and I like her blanket.I like the corkscrew I always wanted one.Think I will need a job after joining Goy there are so many nice plants I want to buy them all, nice members too.

26 Feb, 2010

 

We've all got wish-lists, Khayla, all due to the photos on GOY! LOL.

26 Feb, 2010

 

we sure have spritz.....lol.... im always seeing things id like on here....Khayla and ive learnt an awful lot too.......

26 Feb, 2010

 

Very interesting coments about your plant..

26 Feb, 2010

 

arnt they clarice.....i know what to do with the straight branches now.....

26 Feb, 2010

 

That looks a lovely huge plant. What a good buy, Holly.

26 Feb, 2010

 

Where we used to live in Cuenca, Spain, many years ago the town council went mad & planted two types of Corkscrew Hazels all over the town! They are still alive & growing strong even now. There is a little piece of grass with some of these trees planted in it at the end of the street where we used to live. I saw them being put in more than 25 years ago! They were still going strong when I saw them at Christmas!

26 Feb, 2010

 

Thanks Gee19...
it must look nice Balcony with all the corkscrew hazels growing....;.

27 Feb, 2010

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