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[Kieran <holycow@frontiernet.net>]

Yes Alexis, filberts are indeed the answer to late spring frosts.  They 
bloom in what is more or less still winter, and came through the 
horrible 2007 Easter freeze unscathed.  I am trying about 15 kinds now.  
Donna, TN


On 5/14/2013 8:06 PM, alexis@conev.org wrote:


> Hello folks,
> so we have had two years now with harsh spring frosts. My filberts,
> which are still young, have suffered no damage whatsoever. But my
> filberts are young, not making any nuts yet. Does anyone know if
> fruiting filberts are equally frost resistant? Other trees in my area
> (central VA, zone 6 or 7 depending on how you look at it) have gotten
> clobbered. Heartnuts, pecans, muscadines, pomegranates are all badly
> damaged. I am wondering if filberts are and answer to late spring frosts.
> Thanks,
> Alexis
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