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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 4 to 6 feet (1.2-1.8m)
Plant Spread: 4 to 6 feet (1.2-1.8m)
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP15,490
Parentage: Sport of: Mount Airy

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Common names
  • Dwarf Fothergilla
  • Dwarf Witch Alder
  • Bottlebrush
Also sold as:
  • Fothergilla x intermedia
  • Fothergilla gardenii
  • Fothergilla x gardenii
  • Fothergilla major

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Location: Iowa
Date: 2010-04-08
Location: Elkheart garden zone 5 Indiana
Date: 2020-06-19
Location: Elkheart garden zone 5 Indiana
Date: 2020-06-19
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date: 2014-05-09
This is definitely a dwarf shrub.  It's 3 years old, and note the
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2023-11-11
Beautiful red colors.  South facing.
Location: Vermont
Date: 2012-05-19

Date: 2015-04-02
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2020-05-24
Closer look at bloom
Location: DC, Virginia | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Vermont
Date: 2012-05-26

Date: 2015-04-02
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2018-11-08
Closeup of autumn color
Location:  
Date: 2014-10-09

Date: 2012-05-19
Location: DC, Virginia | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Vermont
Date: 2012-05-26

Date: 2015-04-02
Location: KALAMA WA
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Date: 2015-04-02
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2020-05-24
Blooming plant
Comments:
  • Posted by eclayne (Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA - Zone 6a) on Sep 19, 2012 1:41 PM concerning plant:
    A sport of F. 'Mount Airy', many consider this to be a species cross Fothergilla x intermedia: Fothergilla major x Fothergilla gardenii.
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