Family: Hamamelidaceae
Scientific Name: Fothergilla major
Common Name: Large fothergilla, Mountain witch-alder, Mountain witchalder
| Description | A large multi stem shrub with white bottle brush like flowers in the spring. |
| Pronunciation | (faw-thur-GIL-luh)(MAY-jur) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | performs best in full sun, tolerates part sun |
| Moisture | average to moist, wet |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | white, apetalous, honey scented, appear before leaves, 1-2 inches long and look like bottle brushes |
| Leaves | green, fall colors of yellow, orange or red |
| Dimensions | 6-10 variable |
| Native Site | Indigenous to areas of the Allegheny Mountains, USA. |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced to the trade in 1800's. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) |
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