Walking Stick Tree Propagation

Harry lauder s walking stick corylus avellana contorta.

Walking stick tree propagation.

Only about 50 percent of cuttings survive. 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 have a copy of all you shared with me before on grafting and am anxious to try it. 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.

I am trying to find out what is commonly used as rootstock for the harry lauder walking stick. It is a type of hazel nut tree with cork screw branches. Some people have success with soil layering a somewhat difficult process. It is very interesting shrub.

As a grafted plant harry lauder s walking stick is difficult to propagate. A faster method of propagation is to graft a branch from your walking stick onto the root stock of a corylus colurna turkish hazel tree during the winter months. 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 does grow from cuttings although it may be challenging to propagate it this way.

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.