Corylus maxima 'Purpurea' (Hedging) Cottage Leaves unfold orange-red turning bronze-green

Leaves unfold orange-red turning bronze-green in summer and then orange-yellow in autumn

This charming cultivar grows with an upright

Leaf is rich red-orange

dense crowned tree with fanshaped deeply lobed leaves

Corylus maxima 'Purpurea' (Hedging) Cottage Leaves unfold orange-red turning bronze-greenA very small upright tree or large shrub producing purple tinged catkins in late winter, followed by deep purple, heart shaped foliage in summer with curious and striking purple tinged fruit husks in late summer which ripen to edible hazelnuts by autumn. Ideal for chalky soils or sunny gardens with limited space; exposed or sheltered. H6