One of the most fascinating shrubs in the winter landscape is Corylus avellana Contorta. Its common names include corkscrew hazel, contorted filbert and Harry Lauder's Walking Stick. I prefer Harry ...

A few years ago while browsing in the garden section of a store with my BFF (best friend forever) she suddenly stopped and said “Look, there’s Harry Lauder”. As I was looking around to see where this ...

Corylus avellana "contorta" is an unusual deciduous shrub that appears best in the winter landscape. Known as Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, it is named for the early 20th-century comedian, Harry ...

The limbs are curvy, squiggly and intertwined. Shrouded in leaves in the summer, in the winter, the gnarly patterns jump out. This is the corkscrew hazel or Harry Lauder’s walking stick, a deciduous ...

As cold weather grips the northern hemisphere, we offer, as our January MoM, a small tree that is most beguiling during the winter months: Corylus avellana contorta, also known as the corkscrew hazel.