About American

A second American hazelnut is needed nearby to get nuts. Seed from St. Louis County, Minn.

About Hazelnut

Round half-inch nuts ripen in late summer, eaten by wildlife. Attractive catkins form in the fall and persist through winter before blooming in the spring. Yellow fall foliage. Good for naturalized landscapes. The wood can be used to weave baskets and fences. These common understory shrubs form thickets that offer ideal cover and nesting sites for birds. Wind-pollinated.

Pot Size & Price
2.5-in. deep pot
$12.00
Height
6'–8'
Sunlight Exposure
Full Sun Partial Sun
Catalog
F043
Plant Traits
Birds
Culinary
Minnesota Native

Other varieties of Hazelnut

Corylus americana, nuts in clusters hanging on a hazel shrub
Photo courtesy of the Missouri Botanical Garden's plant finder

American (larger pot)

Catalog
F044
Corylus cornuta, green leaves and hand showing beaked cover on nut
Photo by Plant Image Library from the Wikimedia Commons

Beaked

Catalog
F045