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McDonald Filbert Hazelnut

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Original price $36.99 - Original price $39.99
Original price
$39.99
$36.99 - $39.99
Current price $39.99
SKU K047

Corylus avellana 'McDonald'

PROHIBITED TO AZ

McDonald is a heavy producer of delicious kernals with a very high nut meat-to-shell ratio. This new, highly blight-resistant selection from Oregon State U. blooms for longer than any other variety and ripens early in the season.

McDonald is an upright, open-form filbert bush/tree that can be maintained at 10' tall. Wepster, as well as York, Polly-O, and Yamhill, are excellent pollinizers for this popular variety.

USDA Zone: 5-8

Grow Height:  10' 

Sun: Full Sun

Ripening Time: August - September

Pollination: Needs an Early-Blooming Pollinizer

Read our Hazelnut Growing Guide

Size: 1 Gallon Pot

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

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  • I have a native hazelnut growing in my yard (Western WA) that doesn’t bear. Would this tree be a good pollinizer for a native tree?

    Your local native hazelnut is self-fertile and usually cross pollinates with another beaked hazel. McDonald has a different parentage.

  • Hello, once planted, how long will it take to harvest on your walnut trees?

    Hazelnuts usually begin setting a good crop within 5 years. Walnuts take more like 10 years.

  • How old and How tall are these saplings?

    18-24" in pots.

  • Are MacDonald, Wepster and Polly-o available for shipping to Califfornia?

    Yes they are!

  • How big is the plant

    12"-24" when shipped in a pot

Customer Reviews

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William
Wassckly Wabbits

Plants (one each McDonald/Polly O/Wepster) were in excellent shape and planting went well.... unfortunately within a few days the Wepster was reduce to a single stem with just three leaves remaining in spite of the tomato cages I used to fend off the deer (I suspect the wabbits as there are many nearby native Filberts that the deer could feast on). The nearby Polly O and McDonald fared better as they were only half eaten! The remaining plants are now surrounded by individual wire cages. Hopefully they will recover.

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Joan E.
Healthy Tree

The tree arrived very healthy. I had to wait about a week to plant it but the tree grew and stayed very healthy looking. Planted it now and it seems to be doing great

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Kristian W.
MCDONALD FILBERT HAZELNUT

Great packing job and super healthy nice plant! Very Happy!

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AmazingMe
wish i woulda

My Beautiful McDonald Hazelnut plants arrived brilliantly dressed in spring green! Healthy, stable, and well protected. Could not have asked for more with arrival presentation. SADLY, i failed. Yes, in the ground and happily nurtured in the process and then another freeze! Covered and i thought protected but they still took a hit. They come in pots for goodness! I shoulda considered keeping them in the house a week or two. Wish i woulda. They will be fine but, maybe instead of YOU wishin you woulda, consider.....

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Pam C.
Nut trees

Trees look Great!