Fothergilla

Growth habit

Shrub - Clonal

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Nevin Welcome Center

Source of plant

Klyn Nurseries, Fairweather Gardens, Roslyn Nursery, Edgewood Nursery

Description

Foliage a good dark green, consistently assuming superb yellow-orange-red autumn tints; flowers abundant, habit upright, to 5', plants sucker strongly. Has flowered and survived after -25 degrees F. Selected by Michael Dirr at the Mount Airy Arboretum, Cincinnati, Ohio.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

fall color, fragrance