Corylus avellana 'Red Dragon'
Object Details
- Description
- 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 cultivar also has dark burgundy leaves which retain their color from first appearance to late summer, becoming dark green to yellowish in fall.
- Hardiness
- -40 - 30 F
- Bloom Time
- March
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- cultivar
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Arts and Industries Building
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2021-0629A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Contorted filbert
- Hazelnut cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Rosanae
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Genus
- Corylus
- Species
- avellana
- Life Form
- Deciduous shrub/sub-shrub
- Bloom Characteristics
- Red male catkins emerge in late winter
- Fall Color
- Fades to green to yellow-green
- Foliage Characteristics
- Wavy, dark red to purple leaves maintain color from spring to late summer
- Fruit Characteristics
- Produces few nuts
- Plant Size
- 5-6' tall by 5-6' wide (1.5-1.8 x 1.5-1.8 meters)
- Structure
- Spreading, contorted
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2021-0629A