Mount Airy Dwarf Fothergilla Shrubs
Native to the woodlands of eastern north america it is a good choice for woodland borders.
Mount airy dwarf fothergilla shrubs. It grows 5 to 6 feet high with an upright form. Noteworthy characteristics mount airy fothergilla often abbreviated as mt. Terminal bottlebrush like spikes of tiny fragrant apetulous white flowers bloom in spring. Features of this bush.
All about growing mount airy dwarf fothergilla shrubs botany of mount airy dwarf fothergilla shrubs. Orders shipping to west coast addresses may be partially bare rooted for shipping. Mount airy is a cultivar of this hybrid. Mount airy fothergilla fothergilla x intermedia mount airy.
This is a vigorous deciduous shrub that grows 4 5 tall and is noted for its profuse spring flowering excellent summer foliage excellent fall color and consistently upright habit. Airy supplied by member gardeners in the pla. Fall foliage is a brilliant medley of yellow red and orange. In the right conditions it can spread and fill in quickly via suckering roots making it good for erosion control.
The shrub has a rounded habit and produces cylindrical drooping flowers racemes from late spring to mid summer. Showy honey scented bottlebrush like white flowers appear before foliage emerges in spring. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about fothergilla dwarf fothergilla mount airy bottlebrush witch alder fothergilla mt. Airy arboretum in cincinnati ohio.
Mount airy is a hybrid fothergilla cultivar that was discovered by plantsman michael a. Airy is noted for it s profuse spring flowering excellent summer foliage excellent fall color and consistently upright habit. Dirr at the mt. Fragrant creamy white fuzzy bottlebrush flowers cover the low mounded dense form in spring followed by thick toothy blue green leaves in summer.
From its wonderfully fragrant spring blooms to its neon bright fall foliage mount airy is a delightful shrub that keeps your garden colorful 3 seasons a year and is as easy as pie to grow. The mount airy dwarf fothergilla shrub has an upright growth habit and reaches 3 to 5 feet in. Mount airy fothergilla is a 1 to 2 foot shrub growing in a one gallon pot. Fothergilla x intermedia is a hybrid of dwarf fothergilla fothergilla gardenii and large fothergilla fothergilla major.