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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Soil
Various moist to dry soils.
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Native Plant, Shrub
Lifespan
Woody, Perennial
Plant Height
6-12 ft.
Flower
Male flowers are yellowish drooping catkins and the tiny red female flowers are mostly concealed in bracts. Blooms from February to April
Fruit
Fruit on female plants is a hard edible nut up to 1/2 inch long enclosed in a leafy, hairy, light green husk that extends beyond the nut by at least one inch to form a beak. Displays from September to October, Brown
Benefits
Attracts
Birds
Butterflies
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Taxonomy
Order
Fagales
Family
Betulaceae
Genus
Corylus