Description Fothergilla ‘Mount Airy’ is a dwarf deciduous shrub with gorgeous, fragrant, creamy-white, bottlebrush spikes of flowers that bloom in spring after the foliage emerges. The flowers have an elegant, sweet, honey-like fragrance. The foliage is dark green with blueish-gray undersides. In the fall, the leaves provide excellent fall colours of yellow, orange and red-purple. Plants have a compact habit to 3-5 feet high and wide. Plant in organically rich, slightly acidic, moist, well-drained soils. An excellent choice for a smaller space, a large container, hedges or as a specimen piece. Attracts butterflies. A hybrid of F. gardenii and F. major.
