Harry Lauder’s Walkingstick

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Harry Lauder’s Walkingstick

This unique deciduous shrub has interesting gnarled and twisted branches so it is often not grown primarily for its blooms but for this unusual branching pattern. The branches are valued for their use in flower arrangements. Harry Lauder's Walkingstick has terrific yellow fall foliage color with showy greenish-yellow catkins (as on pussy willows) that brighten the winter scene. Harry Lauder’s Walkingstick, Corylus avellana 'Contorta', is noted for its contorted, twisted growth, making it a real conversation piece when grown as a specimen plant. It is a slow grower to 8 to 10 feet tall and wide and prefers well drained soil in sun to part shade. It does well in large containers and likes full sun. ... more information

 

Burning Bush-Bursting Heart If you'll plant this shrub with some room to grow, it will delight you with its fullness and profusion of fall "hearts. Bumpy, raspberry-red pods hang on the ends of stems and split open to reveal small, smooth, red seeds. ) planted to carpet the ground beneath. The Bursting Heart Burning bush, Euonymus americana 'Bursting Heart', is a unique shrub.

Harry Lauder’s Walkingstick
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