In the Midwestern and Eastern US the American Hazelnut is better to plant because the American species gets a better fall color and becau...Read Morese the native species is better for beneficial insects of butterflies and moths and others, whose larva feed birds and their young. The two species are very similar otherwise. In California the European species' cultivars are used for producing the nut crop.
This is the traditional producer of hazelnuts, native to Europe. It is usually a suckering shrub rather than a tree. It is highly suscept...Read Moreible to the endemic Eastern Filbert Blight carried by our native hazels in eastern N. America. Commercial cultivars are generally descended from southern forms and are rarely hardy north of Z5.
In eastern N. America, hybrid cultivars (involving C. avelana, C. americana, and C. cornuta) which are hardier and blight tolerant are better bets if you're planting for nut production for human consumption.
In the Midwestern and Eastern US the American Hazelnut is better to plant because the American species gets a better fall color and becau...Read More
This is the traditional producer of hazelnuts, native to Europe. It is usually a suckering shrub rather than a tree. It is highly suscept...Read More