Blue Mist Fothergilla

Fothergilla gardenii ‘Blue Mist’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-8b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub

Height at Maturity: 2-3′

Width at Maturity: 3-3.5′
Spacing: 2.5 to 3′ for hedges, 6’+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Mound

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White

Flower Size: 2-3″ long

Flowering Period: Early Spring or Mid-Spring

Flower Type: Terminal spikes, Bottle brush-like

Fragrant Flowers: Yes, honey-scented

Foliage Color: Frosty Blue, Brilliant Orange and Red shades in Fall

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: No

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Full Sun, Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade, Part Shade

Water Needs: Average

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist but Well-Drained

Soil pH: 5.5 – 6.5 (Moderately Acid to Slightly Acid)

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer, Disease, Insect, Consistently Moist Soil

Description

Perfect for smaller gardens where lager Fothergilla won’t fit, ‘Blue Mist’ is a compact, slow-growing flowering shrub with a mounded habit to around 2 to 3 feet tall and 3 feet wide. If you like blue in the garden, you’ll love the frost blue-green leaves during summer that turn to orange, yellow and/or red shades in fall. In spring loads of attractive bottlebrush-like fragrant white flowers appear at the ends of every stem. Also known as witch alder, Blue Mist Fothergilla is a beautiful North American native shrub that deserves a spot in every garden where it will grow!

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 2 to 3 feet tall and 3 to 3.5 feet wide, Blue Mist Fothergilla is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, or as a natural hedge in sunny to partially shaded landscape, flowering shrub and woodland borders, and in home foundation plantings. Partially shaded environments will produce the best foliage color. Especially nice near the garden pond or other bodies of water. A fine addition to blue or white theme gardens and North American native plant gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 2.5 to 3 feet apart for solid hedge; 6 feet apart for space between plants

Growing Preferences

Blue Mist Fothergilla is very easy to grow and virtually maintenance free when planted right and in the right spot. It prefers a moist but well-drained acidic soil of average to high fertility and sun or part shade. The best foliage color will be in a partially shaded environment, preferable morning sun with filtered sun to shade during the mid afternoon hours.

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Plant arrived quickly and well-packaged. Got him in the ground and so far so good! It appears healthy and happy! This is the second of two Fothergilla’s that I ordered from Wilson Bros. and both look great so far! I expect to be a repeat customer down the road.—————————————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I’m so glad I found Wilson Bros! I’ve been searching for this Blue Mist fothergilla, which is hard to find, and was given an option to be notified when they were in stock on the website. I ordered two when I was notified and they arrived well packaged and healthy. Very pleased with the entire experience.————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

This plant arrived in wonderful condition covered with small blooms that were just beginning to open. I have ordered many plants from Wilson Bros and have never been disappointed.———————————Thanks for the kind words!! We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

I am an admitted plantaholic. That said I live in a regular urban lot in zone 8b in Seattle. While Seattle was having unusually freezing temps at night in March, my little fothergilla arrived. I was worried about it arriving across the country from a warm start to my chilly garden. The packaging supported my little plant and arrived in perfect condition, It even had a multitude of little flowers blooming! The branches looked sturdy and the root system healthy, not root bound as so many are. I had prepped the hole a week before, and planted my new addition. I made sure she was protected with compost from the chilly nights which we are still having and so far she is doing well. Can’t wait until more consistently warm weather finally comes. I think this plant is going to be an excellent addition to my garden! I never heard of Wilson Bros. before but if I have any room left I will order from them again, outstanding!——————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG