Plant: Mount Airy - Fothergilla
Fothergilla · Fothergilla 'Mount Airy'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A slow growing, erect and multi stemmed deciduous shrub 3 to 6 feet tall and about as wide, with leathery blue green leaves 2 to 4 inches long that turn yellow, purple and red in fall. Terminal bottlebrush flowers of showy white stamens with yellowish anthers open in April and May with a honey fragrance and draw bees. It grows in full sun or partial shade in moist, well drained acidic soil high in organic matter, resists deer, has no serious problems, and works as a border, hedge, foundation or mass planting near a woodland edge.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 6 ft tall and 6 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5a-9b
- Deciduous foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
A slow growing, erect and multi stemmed deciduous shrub 3 to 6 feet tall and about as wide, with leathery blue green leaves 2 to 4 inches long that turn yellow, purple and red in fall. Terminal bottlebrush flowers of showy white stamens with yellowish anthers open in April and May with a honey fragrance and draw bees. It grows in full sun or partial shade in moist, well drained acidic soil high in organic matter, resists deer, has no serious problems, and works as a border, hedge, foundation or mass planting near a woodland edge.
- Flowers
- Terminal bottlebrush flowers of showy white stamens with yellowish anthers, carrying a honey fragrance, in April and May.
- Foliage
- Alternate, simple, leathery leaves 2 to 4 inches long, obovate to oblong with rounded teeth toward the apex, turning yellow, purple and red in fall.
- Bark & stems
- Dark brown stems.
