This plant, the fothergilla, is an attractive but nondescript plant most of the year. It starts out in spring with fuzzy little bottlebrush flowers, its leaves open to a deep blue green and stay that way most of the year. But come autumn this plant is exceptional:
It glows:
There are a few more things I really like about this plant: It prefers shade, it prunes very well, its small and slow growing, and its a native plant. Lastly, its name is kinda fun to say…say it…(father-geeya)…yup that’s it.
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That is sure purty… think I need to get some of that for the back hill.
Wow, if it loves shade I will need to look for some.
I noticed these driving by your house…so beautiful! Hey, BTW- we forgot to do our fall planting! Remember we were going to pull out the old shrubs and replace with your creation! Oh well–maybe we can catch up in the Spring…:-)