Corylus cornuta californica
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California Hazel
Corylus cornuta californica
CA Native, Shrub
Care:
Partial Shade
Low
Well Drained
Look:
Green
leaves
White
flowers
California Native
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California Hazel
Corylus cornuta californica
CA Native, Shrub
Care:
Partial Shade
Low
Well Drained
Look:
Green
leaves
White
flowers
Slow growing and long-lived deciduous shrub with rounded oval and coarsely toothed, green leaves. Can live in well drained sandy, sandy loam, and gravel and cannot tolerate clay soils. Producing small, hard-shelled nuts in late winter.