• Height:4-6 ft
  
• Spread: 4-6 ft
  
• Light: Full sun-Part shade
  
• Soil: Average-Moist, Well drained
  
• Zone: 5-8
  
• Deer resistance: Low
  
• Deciduous
• Native Hybrid

'Blue Shadow' produces powdery blue foliage throughout the summer. This is a hybrid that utilized 'Mt. Airy' in the cross. Produces a heavy flush of flowers in spring before the leaves emerge and has consistent vibrant fall color.

Fothergilla is a deciduous shrub will bloom from April to May with showy bottle brush shaped flowers. The flowers will also have a nice honey fragrance to them. The flowers are attractive to pollinators. The fall color is absolutely gorgeous ranging from yellow oranges to red purples depending. Handsome dark green foliage in the summer.

Naturally found in wooded areas and many times seen along stream banks. Fothergilla spreads by suckers to form nice colonies. It also shows very good shade tolerance, though the flowering may not be as profuse. This is a slow growing and slow to establish shrub.