American Hazelnut
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American Hazelnut

American Hazelnut

Regular price$35.95
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  • This American Hazelnut ships in a 1 Gallon Trade Pot | 1 - 2'ft tall
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Add beauty and bounty to your landscape with the American Hazelnut, a hardy shrub prized for its ornamental value and delicious nuts. This native plant produces golden catkins in early spring, followed by clusters of edible hazelnuts in late summer, perfect for both wildlife and home harvesters. With its dense foliage and compact growth, the American Hazelnut doubles as a natural privacy screen or wildlife habitat.

Why Grow American Hazelnut?

  • Nutritious Harvest: Enjoy homegrown hazelnuts, rich in flavor and nutrients.
  • Wildlife Haven: Attracts bees, butterflies, and small animals, supporting biodiversity.
  • Versatile & Resilient: Thrives in various soils and climates, requiring minimal maintenance.

Enhance your garden with the American Hazelnut, a low-maintenance shrub that’s perfect for edible landscaping, wildlife support, and seasonal beauty.

Though this tree does have both male and female reproductive organs, it is a self-incompatible tree and will require another nearby to wind pollinated.

Full sun 

Attracts birds, bees and wildlife

Red Female Flowers/ Yellow Male Catkins, non-fragrant

Native to North America

Drought tolerant once established.

Due to California Department of Agriculture, we cannot ship this item to the state of California.

Additional features: Attracts Wildlife, Disease Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Fall Color, Native, Pet Safe, and Attracts Pollinators

This American Hazelnut Tree comes in a 1 Gallon Pot

Size: Mature size can reach up to 18'ft high x 12'ft wide

Light: Prefers full sun, tolerates partial sun

Native to Eastern North America

Chill Hours: Has a chill hours (CU) requirement of 800 - 1,200. (Chill hours are the average hours of air temperature between 32° and 45° F in a typical winter season.)

Characteristics: Produces small, sweet nuts, need two trees to pollinate.

Growth Rate: Moderate to fast.

Soil, Water, Fertilizer: Average well-draining soil with pH 6.0 -7.0. Water when top two inches of soil are dry. Fertilize in spring.

*We cannot send plants to Alaska or Hawaii.

*Plants ship dormant in winter months.

*Pictures shown are of mature plants.

Requires two or more to cross-pollinate within 65'ft of each other.

This tree will grow like a shrub if not pruned.

Will do best in moist sandy or loamy soil and can even grow in shade, although if you are looking for high yield of nuts, you will want to plant in full sun.

Also known as American Filbert.

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Hardiness zone for this plant: 4 - 9

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D.B.
Shipping was good

Transplanted it and is fairing okay. Time will tell and next transplanting will be in the ground

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Julia
Great Purchase. Hope that They Will Grow Fast and Produce Fruits. Thanks

Great Purchase. Hope that They Will Grow Fast and Produce Fruits. Thanks


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