May is the greening month. We begin with trees bare of the new foliage, but by the end of the 31 days, the lengthening sunlight, warmer temperatures and ample rainfall give us a forest full of new ...

Namely the beaked hazelnut and the speckled ... leaves and the leaves of other trees are out) is so that the wind-dispersed pollen (released by the dangling catkins) has fewer obstacles between ...

Tall trees and shrubs can overshadow ... the corkscrew hazel provides year-round interest with bright yellow springtime catkins, edible nuts, and intriguing, twisted branches that show best ...

From cow parsley to blackthorn, hawthorn to wild cherry, it’s as if most plants in Ireland got the same memo: White is in ...

A wonderful, multi-stemmed tree, hazel is one of the first to produce catkins in early spring, providing vital pollen for bees. And in Autumn, it rewards both wildlife and humans with delicious ...

A branch of hazel (or hazelnut) in late April. Note that the two catkins (male flowers) are yellow with pollen. The small red flower is the female part (stigma).

During the first five years, the hazelnut trees were fed seaweed, and the orchard was constantly mowed using a mulching mower. The 2020 Covid-19 lockdown coincided with harvest time, so the family ...