Dwarf Fothergilla

Tagged as: Four Season Landscape, Low growing shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites

Botanical Name: Fothergilla gardenii
Common Name: Dwarf Fothergilla

Updated 4/2012

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Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Rounded mound Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 5-8

Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun to ensure good flower formation and color, but will tolerate some shade. Prefers well-drained, acidic, organic-rich, loamy soil. Plants can become chlorotic (yellow leaves) in high pH soils. No serious pest or disease problems. Prune after flowering.

Ornamental Characteristics: Fothergilla is a beautiful four-season shrub. In spring, 1 to 2-inch long, white, bottlebrush-like flowers appear before the leaves. Flowers release a spicy, honey fragrance while in bloom. The blue-green leaves turn a striking, yellow to scarlet color in the fall, often with combinations of colors on one leaf.

Uses in the Landscape: This superb shrub is a welcome addition to any landscape. Can be used in shrub and perennial borders, foundation plant, or in groupings.

Plant tolerant of occasional or temporary flooding

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