Fothergilla Dwarf
(Fothergilla gardenii)
- Type: Deciduous
- Light: Sun to part shade
- Height: 2-3'
- Spread: 2-3'
- Flower: White
- Bloom: Spring
- Fruit: Capsule
- Fruit Time: Fall
Fothergilla gardenii, commonly known as dwarf fothergilla or coastal fothergilla, is a slow-growing, deciduous, dwarf ornamental shrub that is native to moist lowland coastal plain bogs and savannahs in the southeastern U.S. from North Carolina to the Florida panhandle and Alabama. Only the male flowers have color (showy white filaments and yellow anthers). Flowers are aromatic. Leaves turn often brilliant shades of yellow, orange and red in fall.