| Scientific Name: | Fothergilla major |
| Common Name: | fothergilla, witch alder |
| Family Name: | Hamamelidaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - southeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Mixed shrub border, Small garden/space, Spring interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Pubescent, Obovate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Spike, White, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most blades ovate-elliptical, 6-9cm long x 5-7cm wide, margin rippled and usually dentate mid-blade towards apex, may have slightly pubescent undersides, axillary buds protected by off-white stipule; raceme of white to pink-tinged bottlebrush-like flowers (due to long anther filaments), Apr-May; Winter ID: buds stalked, fuzzy, flower buds larger and more rounded. | |