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True Root Nursery

Asian Hazelnut Seedling

Asian Hazelnut Seedling

Species: Corylus heterophylla

History: Asian Hazel is native to parts of China, Japan, Korea, and Siberia. It is grown commercially in China and nuts foraged from wild trees are also commonly sold in markets. These are seedlings of the variety Aldara, a variety selected by Ernie Grimo for its good productivity and disease resistance. 

Why We Grow It: Asian Hazel is hardy and very similar to an American Hazel. These seeds were grown from the cultivar Aldara which has superior nut quality and disease resistance. While each seedling will contain its own unique DNA, they will have some qualities from their mother plant. Hazelnuts are an excellent food source, and a delicious perennial crop.

Fruit Specs

Recommended Use: Cooking, baking, preserving, wheat flour replacement using the nuts, animal fodder using the vegetative growth or nuts

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Storage: Keeps up to six months in the fridge

Harvest: October

Growing Specs

Canadian Hardiness Zone: 4

Soil Preference: Rich loam is preferred, but is adaptable to different soil types

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Pollination Requirements: Requires at least one other tree to pollinate and produce nuts, will produce more if other Corylus spp are nearby

Sun/Shade Requirements:

Full sun to partial shade (approx. 6-10 hours of sun daily), but does best in full sun

General Growth Habits:

Shrub reaches 7m tall and is generally disease resistant

Shipping vs. Pick Up

CLICK HERE to see how shipping compares to pick up.

Shipping: Every year we ship thousands of trees across Canada (except BC due to CFIA regulations). We carefully bag roots in damp sawdust, then box them and send them out via courrier. CLICK HERE to see our shipping policy.

Pick-up: We also have thousands of trees picked up from our nursery each year. The pick-up options is free, though you must wait until you have been emailed a confirmation that your order is ready to pick up, which will have further information such as hours, locations, etc. We really appreciate if you can make an appointment to pick up, then we can be as organized as possible during our busy season.

Size at Purchase

Our ungrafted fruit tree seedlings, nut tree seedlings, berries, and other miscellaneous plants are categorized into the following sizes excluding the roots:

  • 5-15cm
  • 15cm+
  • 30cm+
  • 60cm+
  • 90cm+

All of these heights exclude the roots since seedlings and some berries will often have a lot of root growth but relatively little vegetative growth (ex. our Shagbark Hickories seedlings are often 5-15cm above the soil but will have roots that reach 20cm+ in length).

Not all of our berries and seedlings will be available in all of these grades since growth rate can vary significantly across species and even varieties. While we remain competitive in our plant size, it's also worth noting we don't use synthetic chemicals to push vegetative growth, therefore you may find conventional nursery stock larger in some instances comparatively. 

Why plant small? It's best to transplant when a plant is young so it can establish its roots before it has a lot of vegetative growth. This is much less stressful on it and bareroot plants tend to catch up and even surpass larger potted ones planted at the same time, after a few years.

Orders that are cancelled last minute due to size (being "too small"), will still incur the applicable cancellation fees if the plants are true to our grading standards as per the agreement of sale when the order was placed.

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