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Beaked Hazelnut vs Purple Leaf Sand CherryCorylus cornuta Prunus x cistena SOLD OUT ONLY AVAILABLE BY CONTRACT GROW 
Beaked Hazelnut is a multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub native to North America.
Purple Leaf Sand Cherry provides bright reddish-purple leaves that turn bronze-green in the fall. In the spring, tiny flowers with a pinkish white hue bloom. The flowers are small, but the impact comes from the shrub blossoming all at once. BEAKED HAZELNUT QUICK FACTSPURPLE LEAF SAND CHERRY QUICK FACTS
Fall colour:
dark red
Flowers:
produces single pinkish flowers
Bark:
smooth dark red to purple bark
Nuts:
edible nuts that are attractive to wildlife
Growth rate:
medium
Growth rate:
medium
Maintenance:
low
Pollution tolerance:
medium
Pollution tolerance:
high
Toxicity: Not toxic, but tiny filaments from the husk can irritate skin that it contacts Toxicity: the leaves and seed contain small amounts of hydrogen cyanide but are seldom consumed in any quantity
Other Names:
beaked hazel
Other Names:
purpleleaf sandcherry
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