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Gardening => Mystery Plants => Topic started by: barleychown on Apr 27, 2010, 11:02:25 AM

Title: Who am I? [Solved} Mount Airy Bottlebrush
Post by: barleychown on Apr 27, 2010, 11:02:25 AM

I saw this shrub while walking the gardens at the Village Green...

(https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv177%2Fbarleychown%2F005.jpg&hash=2511363e5698595fea785b8bbf8a30bdbe1b8ca9)

(https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv177%2Fbarleychown%2F006.jpg&hash=cc6d075992a19a084a47e1e2b4912376d61a17dd)

Title: Re: Who am I?
Post by: Penny on Apr 27, 2010, 11:09:20 AM

Sorry i cant help, but that is kind of pretty though Sarah.

Title: Re: Who am I?
Post by: Tina on Apr 27, 2010, 12:46:27 PM

I love it. I wonder what it is.
Does this look like it?
http://hirts-gardens.amazonwebstore.com/Mount-Airy-Bottlebrush-Shrub-Fothergilla-Hardy/M/B000OEJBJ8.htm?traffic_src=froogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=froogle (http://hirts-gardens.amazonwebstore.com/Mount-Airy-Bottlebrush-Shrub-Fothergilla-Hardy/M/B000OEJBJ8.htm?traffic_src=froogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=froogle)

Title: Re: Who am I?
Post by: Tina on Apr 27, 2010, 12:51:12 PM

http://www.springmeadownursery.com/images/Fothergilla%20gardenii%20bloom.jpg (http://www.springmeadownursery.com/images/Fothergilla%20gardenii%20bloom.jpg)

Title: Re: Who am I?
Post by: barleychown on Apr 27, 2010, 12:52:16 PM

It does! And reading more about it, that's got to be it. Thank you!  :ThumbUp:


It smelled great...I'll have to find myself one. :grinnnn:

Title: Re: Who am I?
Post by: Tina on Apr 27, 2010, 12:53:10 PM

http://www.springmeadownursery.com/plants_f.htm (http://www.springmeadownursery.com/plants_f.htm)

Title: Re: Who am I?
Post by: Penny on Apr 27, 2010, 12:53:34 PM

Thanks Tina....i kind of like it too, so its good to know the name.

Title: Re: Who am I?
Post by: Tina on Apr 27, 2010, 12:54:45 PM

I just googled white bottlebrush shrub.

Title: Re: Who am I? [Solved} Mount Airy Bottlebrush
Post by: barleychown on Apr 27, 2010, 12:58:50 PM

Mike had said it looked like bottlebrush, but I was associating bottlebrush with the one I had, and the ones I saw in Hawaii...

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS312US313&q=red+bottlebrush (http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS312US313&q=red+bottlebrush)

Title: Re: Who am I? [Solved} Mount Airy Bottlebrush
Post by: bestofour on Apr 27, 2010, 01:00:08 PM

it looks just like a bottle brush doesn't it.

Title: Re: Who am I? [Solved} Mount Airy Bottlebrush
Post by: Penny on Apr 27, 2010, 01:00:32 PM

Oh i really like the red too, that would be so nice side by side.

Title: Re: Who am I? [Solved} Mount Airy Bottlebrush
Post by: barleychown on Apr 27, 2010, 01:01:59 PM

The red is NOT hardy...even in zone 8...I learned the hard way.  :(

I have heard there is another type of red that is, though...

Title: Re: Who am I? [Solved} Mount Airy Bottlebrush
Post by: Tina on Apr 27, 2010, 01:03:45 PM

Yes, I have red bottle brush blooming here. Big ones and I've planted small ones the last couple of years. I am on the cusp of zone 8 with my elevation, Sarah.
I figured if I googled up a white one something similar to your pic would show up.

Title: Re: Who am I? [Solved} Mount Airy Bottlebrush
Post by: Penny on Apr 27, 2010, 01:04:09 PM

Thats too bad, but the red and white would be such a nice color contrast.

Title: Re: Who am I? [Solved} Mount Airy Bottlebrush
Post by: barleychown on Apr 27, 2010, 01:07:54 PM

I think I'm more high end of zone 7, honestly...I loose a lot of plants rated zone 8.  :thpullhairout:

Penny, the white alone was pretty stunning....

Title: Re: Who am I? [Solved} Mount Airy Bottlebrush
Post by: Tina on Apr 27, 2010, 01:11:14 PM

Mine look a little like this and the leaves have a lemon scent. They are lemon bottle brush, Callistemon pallidus, zone 9-11

Title: Re: Who am I? [Solved} Mount Airy Bottlebrush
Post by: Penny on Apr 27, 2010, 01:12:00 PM

Its the hint of green that i think makes it so nice....does that stay i wonder?