Hybrid Hazelnuts

Our Hazelnut bushes are crosses of American, Asian, and European Hazelnuts that are made for our cold climates. We are passionate about Hazelnuts and the many gifts they offer to the world. Our Hazelnuts are extremely resilient, cold hardy, and offer incredibly nutritious nuts indefinitely. Our seedlings are hardy to zone 3. They are very easy to grow, and are tolerant of whatever nature can throw at them. These hazels have been grown from seed that has been selected from mother trees originally bred by Morden Experimental Farm in Manitoba and grown out by Ernie Grimo with great qualities of productivity, disease resistance and adaptability. They will have a variation of genetics resulting in differing nut sizes, flavour, production etc as they are all unique seedlings. However, because their parents are productive, cold hardy, disease resistant beings, they're likely to inherit some of these traits, or potentially be better than their parents. The nuts themselves are delicious and have so many of the essential fats and minerals that humans need to be healthy. There is so much potential for them to transform parks, schools, farms, and backyards big and small into food abundant spaces. The nuts are between 50-75% oil by weight, opening up many opportunities as a northern local oil crop. In addition to that, they are extremely high in vitamin e, and have three times the protein of soy beans. The shrubs will begin producing between years 3-6 and will continue to produce for many decades.