Amanda Bundy

I did see it! It is a great thread with lots of info for Alaska. I did comment asking if anyone had a quick update.

I double checked my zone, I guess I am zone 4a as well. Up here we have long day summers and short day winters. Do you think hazelnuts would survive this? Should I try the JEFFERSON HAZELNUT (Corylus avellana) or the BUSH HAZELNUT (Corylus americana)? I am looking at making a order off of Burnt Ridge Nursery for this coming year. I have looked on here and found some people that have successfully grown hazelnuts north of me but they are almost a zone warmer and have not gotten any nuts, the plants survived tho.

I know this is an old thread but I couldn't find a new thread with the same topic. Does anyone have a quick update on how things went this last year? I am looking into nuts for my little area. I live in south central Alaska zone 4. I am hoping to get hazelnuts, butternuts, and maybe black walnuts going this coming spring.

Hi everyone! I have lived in Alaska my whole life and during our short spring and summers I spend every moment I can outside in my garden with my dog digging something up or planting something new. I currently have

Goodland Apple
Parkland Apple
Crimson Passion Cherry
Evans Cherry
Saskatoons
Honeyberrys
Goosberrys
Raspberry's (golden and red)
Currants (red, black, and white)
Siberian Pea Shrub

They are all thriving on my little acre. I want to try hazelnuts and black walnuts next. Does anyone know of anyone successfully growing nuts in Alaska? I believe my zone is a 4b but I have found that those zones don't always apply to us up here. Also is there any other fruit tree I should be trying? Anyone have any Alaskan gardening success stories?
Us northerners need encouragement!