Walking Stick Tree Propagation

I am trying to find out what is commonly used as rootstock for the harry lauder walking stick.

Walking stick tree propagation.

It is very interesting shrub. Some people have success with soil layering a somewhat difficult process. It s scientific name is 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.

Neither the seeds nor the root suckers can be reproduced true to the original plant. I have a copy of all you shared with me before on grafting and am anxious to try it. It is a type of hazel nut tree with cork screw branches. Only about 50 percent of cuttings survive.

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. Harry lauder s walking stick pruning propagating and general care. 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.

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.