Woody > Corylus > Corylus avellana > Corylus avellana 'Atropurpurea'
Corylus avellana
'Atropurpurea'
Purple Hazelnut
| Family |
| Betulaceae |
| Genus |
| Corylus |
| Species |
| avellana |
| Cultivar |
| 'Atropurpurea' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (deciduous) |
| Pronunciation |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 5 |
| Height |
| 4-10 m |
| Spread |
| 4 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| Ideal plant for highway and hillside planting also good for screening. |
| Shape |
| Densely erect. |
| ID Characteristic |
| A multi-trunked shrub attaining the size of a small tree. Leaves turn yellow in autumn. |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Bark is smooth, gray to light brown and is sometimes faintly reminiscent of cherry bark, with its pronounced lenticels. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Buds are imbricate, ovid-rounded, glabrescent with ciliate scales with colour ranging for green to brown. |
| Leaf Description |
| Leaves are 4-8cm. long, thin and softly hairy. Often slightly lobulate, slighty pubescent above, dark green; autumn colour is yellow. |
| Fruit Description |
| Fruit is involucre shorter or only slightly longer than 2.5cm. |
| Colour Description |
| Leaves slightly pubescent above, dark green and pubescent beneath. |
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