Fothergilla major
Large Fothergilla
Hamamelidaceae
leaves alternate, broad ovate, "wedge-shaped"
leaves dark green above, grayish beneath, vivid fall color
leaves have coarse dentations on the upper half
young stems have a prominent zig-zag ...
Fothergilla Gardeni Major
Fothergilla Gardeni Major - A deciduous shrub 6 to 8 feet high, forming a rounded bush, with mostly erect stems.
Fothergilla gardenii 'Jane Platt' ('Jane Platt' fothergilla )
Photo/Illustration: Susan A. Roth
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dwarf fothergilla Hamamelidaceae Fothergilla gardenii L. symbol: FOGA
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Jane Platt Fothergilla foth-er-GIL-a gar-DEE-nee-i
Deciduous shrub, rounded habit, low growing, to 2 ft (0.6 m) tall, leaves bluish-green, less oval and narrower than species, flower clusters somewhat larger.
Fothergilla has been in gardens in England as well as America for two hundred years. Witch Alders became popular in the late 1700s in England, very soon after Dr. Garden having described them.
#911 Fothergilla major
Common Names: witch-alder, large fothergilla, large witch-alder
Family: Hamamelidaceae (witch-hazel Family)
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Dwarf Fothergilla
Fothergilla gardenii
Native deciduous shrub growing 3-5' tall and wide. It blooms in early spring producing fragrant, white bottlebrush flowers. The blue-green foliage turns flaming orange to burgundy in the fall.
Fothergilla major 'Mt. Airy' : Mt. Airy Fothergilla - Landscape
Hamamelis vernalis : Vernal Witchhazel - Foliage
Hamamelis virginiana : Common Witchhazel - Foliage ...
Dwarf fothergilla (Fothergilla gardenii). This appealing, diminutive shrub blooms in spring with honey-scented flowers that look like bottlebrushes, and they are hummingbird magnets! ...
Dwarf Fothergilla (Fothergilla gardenii) - flame colors
Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) - maroon
Sweetspire (Itea virginica) - maroon
European Cranberrybush Viburnum (Viburnum opulus) - maroon ...
Large Fothergilla ( Fothergilla monticola )
Large Korean Pear ( Pyrus communis )
Large Periwinkle ( Vinca major ) ...
'Blue Shadow' fothergilla (Fothergilla major 'Blue Shadow')
h 1.8 m, w 1.2 m, Zone 5
A branch sport of Michael Dirr's selection F. m. 'Mt. Airy'.
American Beech Fagus sylvatica European Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula' European Weeping Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Riversii' Rivers Purple Beech Forsythia x intermedia Forsythia Forsythia x intermedia 'Spectabilis' Spectabilis Forysthia Fothergilla ...
The family includes the large genus (Corylopsis) of winter hazels, and the witch hazels (genus Hamamelis), sweet gums (Liquidambar), and witch elders (Fothergilla), the latter three genera represented by species in E North America as well as in Asia.
Large Fothergilla (Fothergilla major)
Large Periwinkle (Vinca major)
Large Quaking Grass (Briza maxima)
Large Succulent Agave (Agave attenuata)
Large Variegated Periwinkle (Vinca major variegata)
Large Yellow Foxglove (Digitalis grandiflora) ...
Fothergilla species - Fothergilla
*Ilex decidua - Possumhaw
*Itea virginica - Virginia Sweetspire
*Lindera species - Spicebush
Rhododendron atlanticum - Coast Azalea
Rhododendron viscosum - Swamp Azalea
Rhodotypos scandens - Jetbead ...
Fothergilla - all types. This uncommon shrubs seems to thrive anywhere.
Hibiscus syriacus Bluebird and the like. Happy when damp, but also prefers to have sun.
Hippophae - Sea Buckthorn. Damp conditions but not waterlogged.
A few plants can be successfully grafted onto different species, providing they are within the same family. For example, Fothergilla onto Parrotia rootstock, as both are in the Hamamelidaceae family.
The Persian Ironwood, a closely related tree formerly treated as Hamamelis persica, is now given a genus of its own, as Parrotia persica, as it differs in the flowers not having petals. Other closely allied genera are Parrotiopsis, Fothergilla and ...
Many hollies are ideal, as are viburnums, aucubas (especially the narrow leaved forms), skimmias and such deciduous shrubs as corylopsis, fothergilla, summer-sweet (Clethra alnifolia) and disanthus.
 See also: Green, Hamamelis, May, Japonica, Cornus
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