22+ Dwarf Fothergilla Mt Airy
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The flowers have a wonderful honey scented fragrance.
Dwarf fothergilla mt airy. Fothergilla gardenii mount airy fothergilla gardenii x major mount airy fothergilla major mount airy phonetic spelling foth er gil lah description. Mount airy is a hybrid fothergilla cultivar that was discovered by plantsman michael a. 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 beautiful addition to the landscape in semi shaded mixed shrub borders or as a background shrub or hedge plant. Mount airy is a cultivar of this hybrid. Showy honey scented bottlebrush like white flowers appear before foliage emerges in spring. Airy is noted for it s profuse spring flowering excellent summer foliage excellent fall color and consistently upright habit.
Blooms usually occur in late april or in may and are quite fragrant. Blooms occur before the foliage and will last for 3 4 weeks. Airy arboretum in cincinnati ohio. Fothergilla dwarf fothergilla mount airy bottlebrush witch alder mt. Aka mount airy hybridized. Mount airy fothergilla often abbreviated as mt. Water regularly to maintain evenly moist soil.
Mount airy was selected for reliable and intense fall color. The mount airy fothergilla is a slow growing plant with rounded dark blue green leaves free of disease problems the foliage resembles witchhazel. 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. Dirr at the mt. It grows 5 to 6 feet high with an upright form. In spring this compact slow growing mounded shrub gets beautifully covered with honey scented upright creamy white bottlebrush like flowers 1 2 in. Terminal bottlebrush like spikes of tiny fragrant apetulous white flowers bloom in spring.
It prefers acidic soils with high organic matter that are consistently moist but with good drainage. A deciduous shrub with deep blue green leaves that have spectacular range of fall color. Fothergilla major mount airy is slower growing than many other flowering shrub choices. The bottlebrush flowers open and then the blue green foliage begin to unfold on this native flowering shrub. Mount airy fothergilla fothergilla x intermedia mount airy fothergilla x intermedia is a hybrid of dwarf fothergilla fothergilla gardenii and large fothergilla fothergilla major. The mount airy dwarf fothergilla shrub has an upright growth habit and reaches 3 to 5 feet in height with a similar width. 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.
Dwarf fothergilla is a showy deciduous shrub that has great fall color and interesting fragrant flowers. Best flowering occurs in full sun. The colorful fall foliage is second only to the honey scented spring blooms of the mount airy fothergilla. Long 2 5 cm before the leaves emerge.