Fothergilla × 'Mt. Airy'
Mt. Airy Fothergilla

Fothergilla × ′Mt. Airy′ - Overall Flowering Shrub
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 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
White (Fragrant, interesting, 1.5-2" long, white cylindrical spikes in the spring)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Attractive deep blue-green seashell-shaped summer foliage); Multi-Colored (Stunning yellow, orange and red fall foliage)
 Fruit Notes:
Black (Two-valved, dehiscent capsules; not ornamentally important)
 Ultimate Height:
5-6 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
5-6 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Prefers loamy, acidic, moist soils; tolerates many soil types but not alkaline soils
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Alternate, simple, bluish-green, scallop-shaped (2-4" long) leaves are tomentose below. Stems form a kind of zig-zag pattern.
  Special Characteristics:
  • Flowering Characteristics 357
  • Border 378
  • Groupings 199
  • Mass Plantings 278
  • Specimen 612
  • Pest and/or Disease Resistant 96
  • Shade Tolerant 114
  • Slow Growth Rate 266

    • Additional Information

    'Mt. Airy' is an excellent, vigorous hybrid that makes for an extremely useful, adaptable, and high quality shrub. It produces a profuse number of unique, fragrant, large, bottle-brush flowers and has consistent, spectacular fall foliage. Chlorosis can develop in high pH soil.

    9 Fothergilla × 'Mt. Airy' found

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    = Heritage plant = Memorial plant
    Number Accession ID Location
    12010_05416*AFST
    22018_00978*APOTR
    32009_00298*ANLSN
    42009_00255*ANLSN
    52018_00844*AWTHR
    62010_04696*AFST
    72018_01096*AHORT
    82018_01403*AHORT
    92023_00118*AHORT

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