| Description | A dramatic Fothergilla starting with flowers, followed by green leaves and changing to powder blue. I first stumbled across this plant and the intense powder blue of the foliage was hard to believe. |
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| Pronunciation | (faw-thur-GIL-luh) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | performs best in full sun, tolerates part sun |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | white, apetalous, honey scented, appear before leaves, look like bottle brushes |
| Fruit | woody capsules typically with two seeds |
| Leaves | start green, change to powder blue |
| Propagation | US PP, cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | Originated as a branch sport of Mt Airy at Handy Nursery in Oregon, USA. Patented by Gary Handy. My main source of nomenclature for woody plants is Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, I varied from this using the new species name presented by Rick Darke in his article "Fothergilla in Cultivation" |
| Misc Facts | Genus name honors John Fothergill (1712-1780), a Quaker physician from Essex, United Kingdom, who introduced and promoted in England a number of plants native to the U.S.A. (#144) |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), "Fothergilla in the Landscape", Rick Darke (Plantsman March 2008) |
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