Hybrid Fothergilla

Fothergilla x intermedia Hamamelidaceae

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived perennial

Location

Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Edgewood Nursery

Description

Pentaploid hybrid shrub, 2n=60 with genome size of 5.2-5.2pg DNA. Leaf blade 5.3-11.1cm long, 4.3-7.8 (9.5) cm wide, base asymmetrical or variable, margins toothed from above the middle to below the middle; stipules 3.8-10.9cm long. Fruit and seed typically lacking. Flowers with hypanthium 0.9-2.6mm wide and 1.0-3.4mm deep; stamens 14-30 in number.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

fall color