Hazel bush - garden decoration

For ten years now, hazel bushes have been growing on our summer cottage. We purchased the first five seedlings at a gardening fair as an experiment. All the seedlings took root well, and after a few years they began to bear their first fruits.

We sprouted another fifteen hazel bushes from nuts. The seedlings we germinated have already caught up in growth with their older brothers and have also begun to bear fruit.

The hazel bush has become a wonderful decoration of our garden; bushes with unusual dark burgundy foliage are especially pleasing to the eye. In addition, the hazel tree planted along the site provides a natural fence from neighbors and prying eyes.

Strong hazel bushes are quite unpretentious and do not require special attention or additional care. However, sometimes it is necessary to trim overgrown branches and remove old and dried parts of the bush. Hazel tolerates winter cold well and does not need shelter.

The bush does not produce fruits every season; the most abundant harvests of nuts occur approximately once every three years.

Hazel can be propagated by sprouting nuts. To do this, they are sent to school in the spring. By this time the ground should have warmed up sufficiently and be quite moist. Depending on how fully the sprouts develop, they are transplanted to a permanent place in the fall or next spring.