Common name: Avellano, Chilean hazelnut Height: 20m Growing: medium Foliage: evergreen Flowers / Fruits: abundant creamy yellow flowers and red fruits with edible nuts inside. Site: sun Soil: acidic Irrigation: regular Hardiness: -10ºC Long description: Gevuina avellana, Chilean Hazel bears small, abundant narrow clusters of creamy yellow to whitish flowers. Gevuina gives dark red cherry-like fruits. The fruit has edible nuts (when roasted) inside. The strong leathery foliage of Gevuina avellana is very showy and is therefore also used as cut foliage in Chile.