One of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Requires some protection from the wind and should not be planted in low areas that are prone to late spring frosts.
Corylus avellana, the common hazel, is a species of hazel native to Europe and western Asia, from the British Isles south to Iberia, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, north to central Scandinavia, and east to the central Ural Mountains, the Caucasus, and northwestern Iran.