Also known as filberts. Self-rooted or layered trees are the equivalent of a grafted tree, but have the advantage of being grown on their own roots. They can be grown as a tree by suppression of suckers or as a multi-stemmed shrub. Growing hazelnuts as a shrub can make it easier to hand-harvest nuts as soon as they ripen, as they are ripe nearly a month before they drop. This may be necessary where jays and squirrels are common.

Self-rooted hazelnuts will begin bearing quickly, often within 2 years. Seedlings will take 3-6 years. 

HAZELNUT TREES CAN NOT BE SHIPPED TO OR