Fothergilla genus |
Fothergilla gardenii
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Sycopsis sinensis
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Pier 26
Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Hamamelididae Order Hamamelidales Family Hamamelidaceae – Witch-hazel family Genus Fothergilla L. – witchalder Species Fothergilla gardenii L. – dwarf witchalder |
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Native to southeastern US
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Native to central and western China
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Shrub
Shrub
commonly known as dwarf fothergilla or coastal fothergilla, is a slow-growing, deciduous, dwarf ornamental shrub that is native to moist lowland coastal plain bogs and savannahs in the southeastern U.S. from North Carolina to the Florida panhandle and Alabama. It typically grows 2-3’ tall with an equal spread and takes on a compact, mounded habit. |
Flowers
Monoecious
Apetalous flowers in dense terminal bottlebrush-like spikes (to 1-2" long) bloom in spring (April-early May) before the leaves appear. Only the male flowers have color (showy white filaments and yellow anthers). Flowers are aromatic. Foliage
Leaves
Thick, pubescent, oblong to obovate, blue-green to green leaves (to 2 1/2" long) have marginal teeth from mid point to leaf apex and are rounded at the base. Leaves turn often brilliant shades of yellow, orange and red in fall. Fruit
Capsules
Fruit is an ornamentally insignificant, two-seeded, beaked capsule that matures in fall. |