Fothergilla × 'Mount Airy'
Object Details
- Description
- This shrub erupts in honey-scented, fuzzy, white flowers in the spring, adding a unique and interesting texture to the garden. In the fall, its leaves turn eye-catching shades of red, purple, and orange. This hybrid was discovered by Michael A. Dirr while at the Mt. Airy Arboretum in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Hardiness
- -20 - 20 F
- Attracts
- Birds, butterflies
- Bloom Time
- April to May
- Parentage
- Fothergilla gardenii x Fothergilla major
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- cultivated
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2021-0622A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Dwarf fothergilla
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Saxifraganae
- Order
- Saxifragales
- Family
- Hamamelidaceae
- Genus
- Fothergilla
- Species
- ×
- Life Form
- Deciduous shrub/sub-shrub
- Bloom Characteristics
- Bottlebrush-like spikes of white flowers without petals are 1-3" (2.5-7.6 cm) tall and last 10-14 days. Emerge after leaves.
- Fall Color
- Orange, red
- Foliage Characteristics
- Simple, alternate, ovate to obovate, leathery, dark green leaves are 2-4" (5-10.2 cm) long.
- Fragrance
- Honey
- Plant Size
- 3-5' tall x 3-5' wide (.9-1.5 x .9-1.5 meters)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2021-0622A