🎨 AI-generated botanical illustration
🌱 Hazelnut / Filbert
Corylus avellana (European), C. americana (American)
nuts
deciduous multi-stemmed shrub to small tree
☀️ Sun
full sun to partial shade
💧 Water
moderate
🗺️ Zones
["4", "8 (European), 4", "9 (American)"]
🧪 Soil pH
6.0-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
well-draining, moderately fertile
🚿 Drainage
Well-drained
🤝 Companions (7)
🤝 Comfrey
Excellent for forest garden understory. Forms multi-stemmed thickets. Wind-pollinated; plant in groups for cross-pollination. Supports beneficial insects with early catkins. Compatible with most berry bushes.
🤝 Elderberry
Excellent for forest garden understory. Forms multi-stemmed thickets. Wind-pollinated; plant in groups for cross-pollination. Supports beneficial insects with early catkins. Compatible with most berry bushes.
🤝 Yarrow
Excellent for forest garden understory. Forms multi-stemmed thickets. Wind-pollinated; plant in groups for cross-pollination. Supports beneficial insects with early catkins. Compatible with most berry bushes.
🤝 clover
Excellent for forest garden understory. Forms multi-stemmed thickets. Wind-pollinated; plant in groups for cross-pollination. Supports beneficial insects with early catkins. Compatible with most berry bushes.
🤝 currants
Excellent for forest garden understory. Forms multi-stemmed thickets. Wind-pollinated; plant in groups for cross-pollination. Supports beneficial insects with early catkins. Compatible with most berry bushes.
🤝 gooseberries
Excellent for forest garden understory. Forms multi-stemmed thickets. Wind-pollinated; plant in groups for cross-pollination. Supports beneficial insects with early catkins. Compatible with most berry bushes.
🤝 strawberries
Excellent for forest garden understory. Forms multi-stemmed thickets. Wind-pollinated; plant in groups for cross-pollination. Supports beneficial insects with early catkins. Compatible with most berry bushes.
⚠️ Keep Apart (2)
⚠️ Fennel
Growth inhibition or competition
⚠️ juglone-producing trees (walnut, hickory nearby)
Growth inhibition or competition
📝 Growing Notes
Excellent for forest garden understory. Forms multi-stemmed thickets. Wind-pollinated; plant in groups for cross-pollination. Supports beneficial insects with early catkins. Compatible with most berry bushes.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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