29+ Mount Airy Fothergilla Gardenii Shrub
Mount airy fothergilla gardenii shrub at wayside gardens three seasons of changing beauty every year.
Mount airy fothergilla gardenii shrub. Buy 3 at 20 95 ea buy 6 at 19 95 ea quantity. But when it can be planted among other woodland plants it will bring lots of life to your yard or garden setting. Honey scented white blooms in spring lush foliage in summer and brilliant fall color. Fothergilla major mount airy is slower growing than many other flowering shrub choices. Blooms occur before the foliage and will last for 3 4 weeks. Ships in spring at the proper planting time for your zone. Skip to main content skip to footer content.
It is a high quality neat clean plant. Dirr at the mt. Showy honey scented bottlebrush like white flowers appear before foliage emerges in spring. 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. 2 quart item 46845. Blooms usually occur in late april or in may and are quite fragrant. 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.
An excellent specimen shrub. It is somewhat common in landscapes where people spend more money and is loved by landscape architects. The mount airy dwarf fothergilla shrub has an upright growth habit and reaches 3 to 5 feet in height with a similar width. Mount airy fothergilla gardenii shrub loves sun but also tolerates shade. A deciduous shrub with deep blue green leaves that have spectacular range of fall color. 2 reviews write a review. The straight species usually is smaller of being about 3 to 4 ft high but not always while this cultivar is about 5 to 6 ft high.
It is a plant well worth the wait to attain maturity. A beautiful addition to the landscape in semi shaded mixed shrub borders or as a background shrub or hedge plant. The mount airy fothergilla is a slow growing plant with rounded dark blue green leaves free of disease problems the foliage resembles witchhazel. Airy arboretum in cincinnati ohio. The bottlebrush flowers open and then the blue green foliage begin to unfold on this native flowering shrub. Mount airy is a hybrid fothergilla cultivar that was discovered by plantsman michael a. Mount airy was selected for reliable and intense fall color.
This is the most common cultivar grown and sold in southeast pennsylvania originally discovered in mount airy ohio. Mount airy fothergilla shrubs gardenality is a gardening centric site made by gardeners for gardeners with tools that enhance any gardening for the expert to the weekend gardener.