Plant Characteristics
- Zone: 5-9
- Height: 4-6'
- Spread: to 5'
- Bloom: White
- Bloom Time: Summer- late Fall
- Wonderful fall colors of orange, red, and yellow
‘Mount Airy’ is a hybrid fothergilla cultivar that was discovered by
plantsman Michael A. Dirr at the Mt. Airy Arboretum in Cincinnati, Ohio.
This is a vigorous deciduous shrub that grows 4-5’ tall and is noted for
its profuse spring flowering, excellent summer foliage, excellent fall color
and consistently upright habit. Terminal, bottlebrush-like spikes (1-3” long)
of tiny, fragrant, apetulous, white flowers bloom in spring (April-May) after
the foliage emerges. Flower color comes from the dense clusters of showy
stamens (white filaments and yellowish anthers). Flowers have a honey-scented
frangrance.