WSU Clark County Extension
PNW Plants Searchable, categorized images
              

Dwarf Fothergilla

Scientific name: Fothergilla gardenia
Taxonomy
Family:Hamamelidaceae
Type:Deciduous shrubs
Native:NO
Plant Requirements
Zone:5 to 8
Sun:Partial shade
Moisture:Medium
Plant Characteristics
Height:3 ft
Width:4 ft
Bloom:Showy flowers
Bloom Time:April to May
Bloom Color:White
Additional Characteristics
Trees


Fruit

Leaves


Bark
Wildlife value

Poisonous
Description As member of the Witch hazel family, Dwarf Fothergilla is best known for its showy greenish-white, bottle brush-like inflorescences in early spring.

  Morphology:
This deciduous shrub grows 3’ tall and 4’ wide forming a slow growing shrub with a mounded shape. The leaves in spring and summer are a very pleasing bluish green that help add texture to the garden. Leaves are 2.5” long and oblong in shape.

Bloom commences in April-May before leaves emerge. Flowers are fragrant. Each flower is a 1”-2” long spike of ivory white stamens (male portion of flowers).

Fall leaf color depends upon the amount of sun received. With a well light site the leaves will take on shades of red, violet and orange. In the shade the leaves will be green and yellow.

  Adaptation:
This species can take either full sun to full shade. It does however prefer a well-drained, evenly moist, rich, acidic soil in partial sun to partial shade for best performance.

  Pests:
None reported.

Our pages provide links to external sites for the convenience of users. WSU Extension does not manage these external sites, nor does Extension review, control, or take responsibility for the content of these sites. These external sites do not implicitly or explicitly represent official positions and policies of WSU Extension.

For assistance, contact Dr. Charles Brun (brunc@wsu.edu), (360) 397-6060 7713
Computing and Web Resources, PO Box 6420, Washington State University, Pullman WA 99164-6420, (360) 546-9107, Contact Us