Fothergilla Gardenii Leaf
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Slow growing fothergilla gardenii dwarf fothergilla is a magnificent deciduous shrub that adds long lasting beauty to the landscape during 3 seasons.
Fothergilla gardenii leaf. This type of fothergilla gardenii is a mounding type that grows 3 feet tall making it perfect for a. Go to list of cultivars. Fothergilla major blue shadow sports steely blue foliage that creates a cool contrast with. The genus name when it doesn t begin with a capital letter essentially functions as one of the bush s common names.
In spring this compact mounded shrub gets beautifully covered with honey scented upright creamy white bottlebrush like flowers 1 2 in. Male and female flowers occur separately within each inflorescence monoecious and neither have petals. This plant has some cultivated varieties. Long 2 5 cm before the leaves emerge.
Native to the southeastern u s fothergilla major mountain witch alder is a slow growing deciduous shrub that is admired for its delightfully fragrant bottlebrush like white flowers in spring its leathery blue green summer foliage its spectacular fall color leaves turn fabulous shades of yellow orange and red purple and excellent disease resistance. The two species are almost identical except for flower and leaf size and overall dimensions of the shrubs. Taxonomy there are only two species of fothergilla in the eastern us large fothergilla fothergilla major and dwarf fothergilla f. Fothergilla blooms early in the spring before the leaves emerge.
Dwarf fothergilla is a small multi season shrub with white bottlebrush like flowers in spring blue green leaves in summer turning a kaleidoscope of color in autumn. Fothergilla gardenii is classified as a deciduous flowering shrub. Noteworthy characteristics fothergilla gardenii commonly known as dwarf fothergilla or coastal fothergilla is a slow growing deciduous dwarf ornamental shrub that is native to moist lowland coastal plain bogs and savannahs in the southeastern u s. Terminal 1 to 3 inch spikes of bottlebrush like inflorescences are produced from very pubescent buds before the leaves in spring.
More varieties of fothergilla dwarf fothergilla. From north carolina to the florida panhandle and alabama. Distinctive for its soft blue summer foliage fothergilla gardenii blue mist dwarf fothergilla is a deciduous dwarf ornamental shrub which adds long lasting beauty to the landscape during 3 seasons. Plant taxonomy classifies these dwarf fothergilla shrubs as fothergilla gardenii mount airy mount airy is the cultivar name.