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RE: Wanting winter interest plants

Hi Diana!

I got several low grafted contorted hazelnuts (Corylus avellana 'Contorta')
in the garden. I'm plain sick of them. I have to keep an eye at all times
for removing the countless suckers that appear from the base of the plant:
luckily they're easily distinguishable as they're obviously straight and
vigorous. These plants are seven to eight years old, and came from Holland.
Although the contorted stems are quite decorative in wintertime, I deeply
hate the foliage that looks af it's sick, with that irregular and bullate
surface, and the green is not that beautiful and fresh as the type. I'm
even considering to dig up all my plants and make a good bonfire out of
them. Hev never seen a top grafted  Contorta hazelnut, but guess it would
look hideous!!! YUCK!
Some winter interesting plants that I like here (zone 9) are:
Sarcoccoca (for evergreen foliage and great flower scent)
Daphne odora (same as above)
Lonicera fragrantissima (same as above)
Clethra arborea (wonderful foliage)
Viburnum davidii (wonderful foliage and great metallic blue berries)
Viburnum x bodnantense (heavenly scented flowers over naked branches)
Hamamellis
Camellias
Belgian azaleas
Betulas, some maples, Lagerstroemia and Cornus alba (for bark)
Eucalyptus (for bark and foliage)
Acacia (for foliage and flowers!!!)
Chaenomeles (for flowers!!!)

And there are MORE...
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> De: Diana L. Politika <diana@olympus.net>
> A: woodyplants@mallorn.com
> Asunto: Re: Wanting winter interest plants
> Fecha: viernes 28 de noviembre de 1997 20:13
> 
> Margaret E. Millard wrote:
> > 
> > Diana L. Politika wrote:
> > >
> > > Margaret E. Millard wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have been following this thread awhile.
> > > > I have a plant that is absolutely stunning in wintertime. I planted
it
> > > > exactly for winter structute. I do not know the proper name for it,
but
> > > > it's common one is contorted hazelnut tree. I cannot find it in my
book
> > > > but someone will know waht it is if it hasn't already ben listed.
good
> > > > line. thanks Marg
> > > >
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> > > Corylus avellana 'contorta'
> > >
> > > The Greenhouse Nursery
> > > 81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
> > > Port Angeles, WA  98262
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Thanks for that,Diana, I have it written down now in my book. It is
> > fairly slow growing but oh I do love the contortedness. Marg...please
> > accept my apologies for the typos...don't know why I didn't proofread
> > before last message was sent.
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > memillard@ns.sympatico.ca
> > on the south shore of N.S.,
> > in Canada...Zone 5b
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> If you are at all close to Tacoma, WA, go to Point Defiance Park.  As
> the road goes thru it's first real corner, the Pagoada is on the right. 
> It is part of the Japanese Gardens.  There are 2 very well established
> corylus avell. 'Contorta' on the far side of the building.  You have to
> park and walk around the building to see them.  They are approxiamtely 8
> feet tall and spread to approximatly 12 feet.  These are both low
> grafts, near ground level.  You can occasionally find these plants with
> a high graft, at about 6 feet.  Personally, after seeing the mass of
> stems, I would hesitate to perch that atop a trunk adhered by a graft. 
> One good snowstorm with a bit of rain added would take it down.  I'd
> suggest that you just take your money to the nearest toilet and save
> the  years you'll have invested in that 6 foot grafted plant.
> But that's only my opinion.  My neighbor has one of the  6 foot grafts,
> and that is simply what I suspect will happen.
> 
> The Greenhouse Nursery
> 81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
> Port Angeles, WA  98362
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