FIVE TO SHELL OUT ON

1 CORYLUS MAXIMA ‘RED CRACKER’

A showy variety of filbert, with yellow catkins, dark red leaves and nuts covered with purple husks, pictured above.

2 CASTANEA SATIVA ‘MARRON DE LYON’

This sweet chestnut bears cream-coloured flowers in summer, followed by heavy crops of large nuts.

3 CORYLUS AVELLANA ‘BUTLER’

Bred in the US, this cobnut is popular with commercial growers for its large, nicely flavoured nuts.

4 JUGLANS REGIA ‘LARA’

Developed in France and slightly more compact than other walnut trees, it produces nuts with a creamy flavour.

5 PRUNUS DULCIS ‘ALMOND ME’

Growing to just 4ft in height, this compact almond is ideal in pots and bears a good crop of nuts in early autumn.