Harry lauder s walking stick was first discovered growing in an english hedgerow in the mid 1800s.
Walking stick plant size.
Slowly reaches 10 to 15 ft.
8 to 10 feet tall and wide.
It has also been known as angelica tree.
It s out in the sun and i keep it watered.
They escape predation by blending into plant material.
Moist organically rich well drained loam.
As their name suggests they look just like sticks and may even sway back and forth to more closely resemble a twig moving in the wind.
Henry lauder s walking stick tree is a colloquial name for the upright growing species corylus avellana contorta also commonly called contorted european filbert.
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In late winter or early spring before the foliage emerges the contorted filbert will begin to cover itself with monoecious separate male and.
Depending on the species walking sticks can grow from 1 to 12 inches 2 5 to 30 centimeters long with females usually growing bigger than the males.
They average only a couple of inches in length but the largest species phoebaetictus kirby native to borneo can reach an impressive 21 inches in length.
Harry lauder s walking stick corkscrew filbert contorted hazelnut.
I immediately repotted it into a much larger container watered it good and added a little root starter.
Walking sticks vary considerably in size according to their species.
The plant looked a bit bedraggled when i got it.
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Tall and 6 8 ft.
Full sun to part shade.
The plant grows best in usda plant hardiness zones 4 through 8.
In contrast north america is home to the smallest species of walking stick the timema cristinea which barely.
Monrovia s harry lauder s walking stick details and information.
This slow growing deciduous multi stemmed shrub typically grows to 8 10 ft.
It is a flowering and fruiting deciduous shrub with gnarled and twisted branches that reach 12 feet in spread and 10 feet in height at maturity.
Last mother s day i bought my wife a 5 gallon size harry lauder walking stick plant.
Still today the plant looks bedraggled.
The gnarled and twisted branches of the walking stick are most visible in the winter after the leaves have dropped from the plant.