"mikey mike" wrote in message
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corylus avellana contorta - or so it says on the label !

we've had it since february, and it has grown one 'new' branch - but
the new
branch it straight - what should we do, leave it or lop it ?

Mine grows like lightning. Occasionally it grows a straight shoot, and
I just remove it when I see it. I prune it excessively hard in the
autumn.....Almost coppicing it. It thrives on it.

Franz