Walking Stick Tree Propagation

I have a copy of all you shared with me before on grafting and am anxious to try it.

Walking stick tree propagation.

It is a type of hazel nut tree with cork screw branches. This wonderful plant with it s array of twisted and contorted branches will happily grow in zones 4 through 8 and is one of the few plants that really has no serious disease or insect pest problems. Harry lauder s walking stick pruning propagating and general care. As a grafted plant harry lauder s walking stick is difficult to propagate.

Some people have success with soil layering a somewhat difficult process. Aralia spinosa commonly called devil s walking stick or hercules club gets its common name from the stout sharp spines found on its leaf stalks stems and branches. Harry lauder s walking stick corylus avellana contorta. This is a large upright suckering deciduous shrub that typically grows to 10 15 tall but infrequently grows as a small flat topped tree to as much as 35 tall.

I am trying to find out what is commonly used as rootstock for the harry lauder walking stick. Neither the seeds nor the root suckers can be reproduced true to the original plant. Botanically known as corylus avellana contorta harry lauder s walking stick is one of the most interesting interesting plants you can put in your landscape and probably one of the least understood. It s scientific name is corylus avellana contorta.

Only about 50 percent of cuttings survive.