Fothergilla Major Mount Airy

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.

Fothergilla major mount airy. The mount airy dwarf fothergilla shrub has an upright growth habit and reaches 3 to 5 feet in height with a similar width. Blooms usually occur in late april or in may and are quite fragrant. 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. The bottlebrush flowers open and then the blue green foliage begin to unfold on this native flowering shrub. 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 the cultivar that put fothergilla on our radar. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Mount airy is a hybrid fothergilla cultivar that was discovered by plantsman michael a. Showy honey scented bottlebrush like. Mount airy fothergilla fothergilla major mount airy sku 3718. To promote next season s flowering any pruning should be done soon after blooming. 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. Learn more about monrovia plants and best practices for best possible plant performance. Dirr at the mt.

Blooms occur before the foliage and will last for 3 4 weeks. Mount airy fothergilla features showy spikes of fragrant white flowers rising above the foliage in mid spring before the leaves. The colorful fall foliage is second only to the honey scented spring blooms of the mount airy fothergilla. Gardenii and a more manageable size than f. X intermedia that s more adaptable than f. On feb 21 2015 coriaceous from roslindale ma wrote. 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.

Mount airy fothergilla growing and maintenance tips this plant is best grown in a slightly acidic peaty soil in sun or light shade. It s a hybrid f. The round leaves turn an outstanding scarlet in the fall. Monrovia s mount airy fothergilla details and information. 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. Mount airy was selected for reliable and intense fall color.

It has bluish green foliage throughout the season.