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Hedge Rows, Shrubs and plants, Hazelnuts
I have these growing in my hedgerow, and the nuts are great for the birds, as well as me. Hazel is most commonly seen as a shrub because of its lack of a main trunk. Hazel woodlands are usually managed by regular cutting known as coppicing so that each hazel sends up a large number of near vertical branches from ground level. If uncoppiced, Hazel trees can grow to a height of 8-10 metres and produce a trunk. Unlike other fruiting trees, the hazelnut tree blooms and pollinates in the middle of winter. Wind carries the pollen from catkins (male flowers) to small red female flowers, where pollination occurs. The flowers remain inactive until spring, when fertilisation occurs and the nuts begin to develop.
Read on > Index Shrubs and Plants Mammals Insects Bilberries Blackberries Elderberries Hawthorn Hazelnuts Hops Rosehips Rowan Sloes
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