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Bare root seedlings, 1 year old. American hazelnut is a wind-pollinated shrub and fruiting is best when several shrubs are planted in close proximity.
After a low inventory on American hazelnut last year, this year we should have more than enough.
Feralwood select: These originate from plantings within the Feralwood project. These plantings consist mostly of seedlings grown from selections by Kenny Asmus of Oikos Tree Crops and Osker Brown of Glorious Forest Farm. Selected for heavy yields. Nuts pictured in the image represent the seed nuts collected to grow Feralwood select, from the two highest yielding shrubs in the Feralwood planting. Update: as of 2025 the number of individual shrubs that make the mother seed for Feralwood select grew by 2 (4 total). these two new mother trees express a great balance of nut size and individual nut yield.
Promise Hedge collection: The seed to grow these comes from a wild hedge, hundreds of feet long, growing along hwy 226 near Polkville, NC. This hazelnut hedge is growing between a major rural artery and a large, modern agricultural field - an abundant and diverse gift of the Earth sandwiched between forces that aim to divert our attention away from these gifts. And so this seed is called Promise Hedge, as it signifies a promise of the Earth to look after those creatures who orient their awareness toward her, even in the midst of being paved over and poisoned. The hedge is very diverse, consisting of dozens and dozens of individual plants growing in close proximity. Even in these poor conditions yields were worth noting on many plants, including lots with sizable nuts.
