Winter Mount Airy Fothergilla
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Mount airy fothergilla or fothergilla major 5 to 6 tall and wide dwarf fothergilla.
Winter mount airy fothergilla. Mount airy fothergilla is a beautiful and very easy to grow north american native flowering shrub that produces loads of honey scented pure white bottlebrush like flower spikes at the ends of almost every branch in spring. Terminal bottlebrush like spikes 1 3 long of tiny fragrant. To promote next season s flowering any pruning should be done soon after blooming. Mount airy fothergilla fothergilla x intermedia mount airy fothergilla x intermedia is a hybrid of dwarf fothergilla fothergilla gardenii and large fothergilla fothergilla major.
Mount airy is a cultivar of this hybrid. Airy arboretum in cincinnati ohio. Blooms usually occur in late april or in may and are quite fragrant. In spring this shrub is tipped with white flowers 1 to 3 inches long that have the appearance of little bottlebrushes which is why bottlebrush is another common name for the shrub.
A deciduous shrub with deep blue green leaves that have spectacular range of fall color. Water regularly to maintain evenly moist soil. Mount airy is a hybrid fothergilla cultivar that was discovered by plantsman michael a. Blooms occur before the foliage and will last for 3 4 weeks.
Showy honey scented bottlebrush like white flowers appear before foliage emerges in spring. A medium sized deciduous shrub with a bushy rounded habit and average growth rate it s suitable for any garden with acidic soil. To keep colonies under control suckers can be removed any time of the year. This is a picture i ve had on my computer desktop during the winter.
The look of the branches especially against the snow is so. It grows 5 to 6 feet high with an upright form. The mount airy fothergilla is a slow growing plant with rounded dark blue green leaves free of disease problems the foliage resembles witchhazel. Fothergilla mount airy with its bottle brush flowers and brilliant autumn display fothergilla intermedia mount airy is probably the best of the hybrid fothergillas.
The mount airy dwarf fothergilla shrub has an upright growth habit and reaches 3 to 5 feet in height with a similar width. Dirr at the mt. Mount airy fothergilla growing and maintenance tips this plant is best grown in a slightly acidic peaty soil in sun or light shade. Mount airy was selected for reliable and intense fall color.
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. The rounded leathery leaves open blue green and turn brilliant red red orange and finally.