| Scientific Name: | Fothergilla gardenii |
| Common Name: | dwarf fothergilla, witch alder |
| Family Name: | Hamamelidaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - southeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Mixed shrub border, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Pubescent, Tomentose, Obovate, Ovate, Dentate, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Spike, White, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most blades obovate, 4-6cm long x 3-5cm wide, toothed towards apex, underside pale tomentose, turn red-orange-yellow in fall; flowers white, fragrant, terminal 'bottlebrush' filaments. Winter ID: twigs zigzag, fuzzy; buds stalked, ovoid, 3-5mm long; flower buds ovoid, 6-11mm long. | |