WHAT: Contorted filbert, also known as Harry Lauder’s walking stick or corylus avellana contorta, is a deciduous tree with spiraled, mangled branches that provide striking winter interest in Northwest ...

The harsh and unrelenting winter left a pronounced gap in the middle of the flower bed that wraps around the front of my house, making it look like a necklace that has lost its predominant stone.

We bought a 'Harry Lauder' walking stick bush, and it is doing very well. However, the bush has shot out additional limbs from the bottom that are straight and about 18 inches high. We were wondering ...

Q: I was reading your response to a reader's question about a contorted filbert. You mentioned pruning. I thought, "Pruning? Am I supposed to prune it?" It has such fascinating limbs that I've just ...

This contorted filbert cultivar is often grafted onto the rootstock of the straight species, meaning suckers from the roots will not show traits of the cultivar. In addition to being contorted, this ...

A friend and I were enjoying breakfast at the Burger King on Whitesburg Drive and couldn't help but notice that wonderful gnarly, small tree that still has "cigar-shaped" dead leaves on it. It sort of ...

Bloomington gardeners count daylilies, hydrangeas, tiger lilies, dahlias, variegated fallopia and contorted filbert among their favorite plants, if last weekend’s Summer Garden Walk is any indication.

Featured plant - the contorted filbertFeatured plant - the contorted filbert Author: KING Staff and KING5.com (KING) Published: 11:58 AM PST November 27, 2010 Updated: 11:58 AM PST November 27, 2010 ...