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Height: 3-5'
Spread: 3-5'
Zone: 5
Foliage: blue-green
Shape: rounded
Fall Color: yellow-orange
Flower: white fragrant
Fruit: insignificant

Dense, rounded shrub with fragrant, creamy white flowers.

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Fothergilla gardenii 'Blue Mist'
Blue Mist Dwarf Alder

Height: 4-6'
Spread: 3-6'
Zone: 5
Foliage: blue-green
Shape: mounded
Fall Color: orange-red
Flowers: white

Beautiful blue foliage with a mounded growth habit.  Fothergilla completely covers itself with soft, white flowers in the spring before the bluish-green foliage emerge.

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Fothergilla gardenii ‘Mt. Airy’
Mt. Airy Dwarf Alder

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Height: 4-6'
Spread: 4-6'
Zone: 5
Foliage: dark blue-green
Shape: upright
Fall Color: yellow-orange-red
Flowers: white
Fruit: male, insignificant

More vigorous than the species with larger flowers.
Maintains excellent fall color even through early fall freezes.

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Fothergilla major 'Blue Shadow'
Blue Shadow Dwarf Alder

Height: 4-6'
Spread: 36-42"
Zone: 5
Foliage: blue-green
Shape:
Fall Color: yellow to bright orange-red (long lasting)
Flowers: fragrant, near white
Fruit:

A branch sport of the 'Mount Airy' Prefers moist soil. Slow growing to 5ft. in 10 years. White flowers appear in mid spring and have a mild honey like scent.

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