PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - White bottlebrush flowers cover the Fothergilla shrub in spring for about two weeks giving off a light, honey scent. A member of the Witch-hazel family, Fothergilla is native to ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The red bottlebrush tree from Australia can't survive in our cold zone, but there is a beautiful shrub with white bottlebrush flowers native to the southeastern US that you can ...

Q: My 'Mt. Airy' fothergilla isn't looking healthy. The leaves are small -- about the size of a quarter. It bloomed this spring, but blooms were also small and not numerous. It just isn't growing much ...

Are you looking for something truly special to elevate your spring garden? What if this outstanding plant also had fluffy white, sweet-scented flowers and was low-maintenance? Well, you're in luck.

Adding native plants can be a complete gamechanger for your garden. Native plants are benefitted by the areas they call home and vice versa. This means that native plants aren't just lower maintenance ...

Gardeners love a plant that has more than one season of interest -- we want multitaskers in the garden. The deciduous shrub Fothergilla major 'Mt. Airy' is just such a plant. It's fall color comes in ...

Botanical name: Fothergilla major Blue Shadow. What it is: A native flowering shrub that gets white bottle-brush flowers in early spring. Summer foliage is blue-green, then leaves turn a brilliant ...

Best bets for small shrubs that won't outgrow their welcome. For the front yard makeover on Boston's south shore, the landscape needs new shrubs that won't outgrow the scale of the house. Michael ...