{"id":611965370694,"date":"2025-10-16T16:41:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/why-i-love-hazelnuts-or-should-that-be-cobnuts\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:41:51","slug":"why-i-love-hazelnuts-or-should-that-be-cobnuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/fruit\/why-i-love-hazelnuts-or-should-that-be-cobnuts\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the difference between hazelnuts and cobnuts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is the difference between a cobnut and a filbert? Are they the same thing, with regional variations of nomenclature?<\/h2>\n<h3>Quick Answers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A cobnut is a cultivated hazelnut variety, like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/cosford-cobnut-hazel-trees\">Cosford<\/a>, as opposed to a wild native hedgerow hazel, which in the UK means <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/common-hazel-hedge-plants-corylus-avellana\">Corylus avellana<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A filbert is a hazelnut with a long husk that covers the nut. These are typically, but not exclusively, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/purple-filbert-hazel-hedge-plants-corylus-maxima\">Corylus maxima<\/a> and C. americanus varieties.<\/li>\n<li>In some parts of Britain, an old-fashioned meaning of cobnut was any hazel served fresh, rather than dried or roasted.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>However, the terms are used interchangeably, with regional variations, and being pedantic about it is nuts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-image-8659 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8659\" alt=\"Hazelnut hedge plant with pretty, rounded, slightly serrated green leaves\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hazel.jpg\">\n<figcaption>A blank hazelnut just begging for someone to paint a face on it<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Kent is where you\u2019ll find the huge majority of cobnut orchards, or \u2018plats\u2019. The Kentish Cobnuts Association, which holds events such as the annual Nutters Supper, and has <a href=\"https:\/\/kentishcobnutsassociation.org.uk\/recipes\/\">some great recipes<\/a>, makes no hard distinction between cobnut and filbert. They explain the situation: a cobnut is any cultivated variety of the wild hazelnut, as a Cox apple is a cultivated variety of wild apples, and filberts are a subcategory of cobnuts, as in the Lambert&#8217;s Filbert, which the Association considers to be the &#8220;true Kentish cobnut&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>There are two main species of wild hazelnut in Britain: native Corylus avellana, and long since naturalised C. maxima.\u00a0<br>C. avellana is the common hazelnut, whose cultivars are known as cobnuts&#8230;except when they are filberts, which are derived from C. maxima. <br>This brings us to the husk. <br>C. maxima produces longer, frilly husks that extend past the nut inside: one etymology for filbert is from the German <em>vollbart<\/em>, full beard. <br>The other is derived from the feasts of St Philbert (608-684), the Benedictine abbot and bishop, which is on August 20th, and then St Lambert (martyred in 709) on September 17th. <br>Mid-September is hazelnut harvest time today, but it came earlier back in the Medieval Warm Period that followed a couple of centuries after the above saints, when temperatures across Europe were higher than today, and people were growing grapes in Scotland!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-image-8660 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8660\" alt=\"Autumn green hazelnuts\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hazel2.jpg\">\n<figcaption>Autumn green hazelnuts<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>All of which I tried to explain to my sister as we admired a profusely fruiting hazel\/cob\/filbert\/whatever-you-pleasenut in a Cotswolds pub garden a few weeks ago, reminiscing happily on our free-range south Shropshire childhood.<\/p>\n<p>The two of us have vivid memories of scouring the local hedgerows for the nuts in early autumn (it\u2019s a race with the squirrels, so you either have to be quick, or learn to make a mean squirrel pie).<\/p>\n<p>We would grab them straight from the branch, lifting each other up to reach the higher ones, peel away the fibrous husks and, throwing health and safety to the wind, crack them carefully between our teeth, much to my future dentist&#8217;s profit.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on luck and the maturity of the nut, you\u2019re rewarded either with a pale, small, slightly soft, milky nugget or, more akin to the supermarket kind, a nut that\u2019s a slightly deeper colour with a more intense flavour and defined crunch: both are delicious.<\/p>\n<p>I still can\u2019t resist a hedgerow forage at this time of year, and I have been known to borrow a couple of hazels from a nuttery or ornamental hedge during a garden visit, popping them in a pocket for later.<\/p>\n<p>However, most of my nut guzzling these days is courtesy of my local supermarket or, at this time of year, farmer\u2019s market. I love them on their own, or fresh with a little sea salt and a good gin and tonic.<\/p>\n<p>Roasted in the oven as part of a homemade granola, they\u2019re a great start to the morning, and they\u2019re sublime tossed into a salad with some fresh, tangy, salty cheese: a goat\u2019s cheese works well, as does Manchego or feta. Throw in some roasted beetroot and chopped tarragon, and you\u2019ll make Chef Ramsey proud. My daughter is a fiend for corporate issue chocolate spread; she\u2019d probably turn her nose up at homemade, but surely it\u2019s hard to go wrong with Felicity Cloake\u2019s \u2018perfect\u2019 version, which uses 70% cocoa chocolate, blanched hazelnuts and vanilla extract?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-image-8666 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8666\" alt=\"Foraged nuts with homemade chocolate spread\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/foraged-nuts.jpg\">\n<figcaption>Foraged nuts with homemade chocolate &amp; hazelnut spread.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hazelnuts are in season from mid-August to October and the farmer\u2019s market ones are fresh, not dried, although you can happily store them until Christmas. Leave them in their husks and they\u2019ll dry out more slowly. People without suitable cellars used to bury them in a tin in the garden to keep them beautifully cool and fresh.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t have a cobnut tree in my garden, although I do often daydream about planting an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/mixed-edible-hedge-plants\">edible hedge<\/a> along one boundary, stuffed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/collections\/crab-apple-trees-malus\">crab apples<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/dog-rose-hedge-plants-rosa-canina\">dog roses<\/a> (for the hips), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/collections\/plum-fruit-trees\">damsons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/blackthorn-sloe-hedge-plants-prunus-spinosa\">sloes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/elder-hedge-plants-sambucus-nigra\">elderberries<\/a> at the ends where I can keep them under control, and why not some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/gojiberry-plants\">gojiberries<\/a> too.<br>If you fancy growing hazels, they\u2019re happy in almost any soil, and unless you have plenty of hazels growing around your area, it&#8217;s best to have two different named varieties growing near each other for cross pollination and therefore the best crop. Depending on the variety, you may have to wait a couple of years for your first harvest. They\u2019re best kept pruned to around 1.5-2m to make nut-gathering and, if necessary, netting easier. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/purple-filbert-hazel-hedge-plants-corylus-maxima\">Corylus maxima \u2018Purpurea\u2019<\/a>, will furnish you with extra fabulousness in the form of seasonal colour: the spring catkins are reddish-purple, while the leaves turn a deep coppery purple in autumn. The wine-red nut husks are lovely too, particularly fetching when a little low autumn sunlight lends a seasonal glow.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"size-full wp-image-8665\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8665\" alt=\"Purple-Leaved Cobnut Sapling Trees\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cobnut.jpg\">\n<figcaption>Purple-leaved cobnut approaching autumn, with its delightful jumble of new and old leaves<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Happy nut-gathering, and do report back if you manage to get a ticket for the Nutters Supper.<\/p>\n\n<section class=\"prodshow-shopify-block\" \n         id=\"prodshow-block-1\"\n         >\n\t\n\t<div class=\"prodshow-container\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Multiple Products\/Collection View -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"prodshow-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"prodshow-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRelated Products\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"prodshow-carousel\" data-carousel=\"prodshow-block-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prodshow-carousel-viewport\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prodshow-carousel-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prodshow-product-card\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ashridge-trees.myshopify.com\/products\/jupiter-apple-trees\" \n\t   class=\"prodshow-product-link\" \n\t   target=\"_blank\" \n\t   rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n\t   aria-label=\"Jupiter Apple Trees\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"prodshow-product-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/0351\/8022\/files\/jupiter-apples-fruit-2.jpg?v=1755634518\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"Jupiter Apples on the tree\" \n\t\t\t\t\t class=\"prodshow-product-image prodshow-product-image-primary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/0351\/8022\/files\/jupiter-apples-fruit-3.jpg?v=1755634517\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"Jupiter Apples on the tree\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t class=\"prodshow-product-image prodshow-product-image-secondary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<div class=\"prodshow-product-content\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"prodshow-product-title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ashridge-trees.myshopify.com\/products\/jupiter-apple-trees\" \n\t\t\t   target=\"_blank\" \n\t\t\t   rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\tJupiter Apple Trees\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"prodshow-product-meta\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"prodshow-product-price\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00a324.99\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"prodshow-product-card\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ashridge-trees.myshopify.com\/products\/brown-turkey-fig-trees\" \n\t   class=\"prodshow-product-link\" \n\t   target=\"_blank\" \n\t   rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n\t   aria-label=\"&#039;Brown Turkey&#039; 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