Description

An excellent choice for a large color accent in the landscape, this is a large sprawling shrub with rather coarse deep purple foliage, holds its color well; use with restraint, makes a great solitary specimen for the front yard

Landscape Attributes

Purple Giant Hazelnut is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.

Purple Giant Hazelnut is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Purple Giant Hazelnut will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 3 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations, and should do just fine under average home landscape conditions. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.