Harry Lauder is blooming beautiful!

It’s really prettiest in winter and early spring before the leaves emerge. The contorted stems and dangling catkins are so dramatic. Scientific name Corylus avellana, commonly known as Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick  or European filbert.  This one is grafted on regular stock, so two or three times each summer we need to cut out all of the straight emerging sprouts. Kind of a pain, but it’s otherwise pretty easy to care for. 













Oh, and the squills are blanketing the ground in many areas. Beautiful, bit I hate it when they turn yellow and I have to get them out of the way of other plants.