Fothergilla gardenii ‘Blue Mist’ prophouse-winter-2027 a dwarf pollinizer bred to

a dwarf pollinizer bred to bloom in step with them

closer to a young pine than to the broad leaves of most bottlebrushes

Photos courtesy of Jay Horn and Alan Cressler

In the landscape the tree is best on large properties

so that a single mature plant reads as a green fountain rather than a shrub

Fothergilla gardenii ‘Blue Mist’ prophouse-winter-2027 a dwarf pollinizer bred toFothergilla gardenii is a small deciduous shrub, usually three to four feet tall, and a native of the southeastern coastal plain, where the plant haunts moist, peaty pinelands and bogs. A member of the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, and a close cousin of the witch hazels themselves, dwarf fothergilla shares the family gift for honey scented late winter and spring bloom on bare or barely leafed stems. The flowers are the first delight: showy white