Help me identify this tree!

May 27, 2009 5:54 AM

What is this tree?

Hi, please help me try to identify this type of tree (bush? shrub?).

photos are here:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Thanks in advance.

posted by thermonuclear.jive.turkey to Home & Garden (6 answers total)

Best answer: That'd be Corylus avellana "Contorta", or contorted Hazelnut, or Henry Lauder's Walking Stick.
posted by Emperor SnooKloze at 6:05 AM on May 27, 2009 [1 favorite]

(No, I have no idea who Henry Lauder was, I just know it's been sold under this name commercially.)
posted by Emperor SnooKloze at 6:06 AM on May 27, 2009

Harry Lauder singing 'Roamin' in the Gloamin'. He used to perform with the comically crooked walking stick seen here.
posted by unSane at 6:27 AM on May 27, 2009 [1 favorite]

[Gotcha, unSane. Thanks. Where it says "Henry" above, it should obviously say "Harry." My kid's name is Henry. I claim paternal pride as an excuse.]
posted by Emperor SnooKloze at 6:54 AM on May 27, 2009

Around here we call them "Corkscrew Hazelnut".
posted by Taurid at 10:47 AM on May 27, 2009

Response by poster: Thanks to all for your insights.
posted by thermonuclear.jive.turkey at 6:38 AM on May 28, 2009