A faster method of propagation is to graft a branch from your walking stick onto the root stock of a corylus colurna turkish hazel tree during the winter months.
Walking stick tree propagation.
Botanically known as corylus avellana contorta harry lauder s walking stick is one of the most interesting interesting plants you can put in your landscape and probably one of the least understood.
It s scientific name is corylus avellana contorta.
I have a copy of all you shared with me before on grafting and am anxious to try it.
This is a large upright suckering deciduous shrub that typically grows to 10 15 tall but infrequently grows as a small flat topped tree to as much as 35 tall.
Harry lauder s walking stick corylus avellana contorta.
Neither the seeds nor the root suckers can be reproduced true to the original plant.
Harry lauder s walking stick pruning propagating and general care.
It is a type of hazel nut tree with cork screw branches.
Only about 50 percent of cuttings survive.
I am trying to find out what is commonly used as rootstock for the harry lauder walking stick.
As a grafted plant harry lauder s walking stick is difficult to propagate.
Some people have success with soil layering a somewhat difficult process.
It is very interesting shrub.