Weekly Green Tip: The Spellbinding Witch-y Shrub 🧙‍♀️

http://eepurl.com/jtqJZcView this email in your browser (*|ARCHIVE|*) RESERVE YOUR SPOT! (https://communityfoodscapes.org/products/permaculture-design-certificate) The Spellbinding Witch-y Shrub December 2nd, 2025 Fall beauty comes in abundance with this shrub… Our plant of the month is the charming (and wonderfully tough) Witch Alder or otherwise known by its genus, Fothergilla. It is a native woodland shrub that lights up spring with bottlebrush blooms and closes the show in fall with some of THE BEST foliage color in the Southeast. It’s a slow, steady grower that settles beautifully into part-shade gardens and woodland borders. Plant it to fill the small shrub horizon in your landscape. And it’s not picky! Chances are you have a spot for one. Sun: Full sun to part shade Soil: Moist, acidic, well-drained soils — adaptable once established Height: 3–6 ft tall (depending on species/cultivar) Width: 3–5 ft wide ** Why We Love It ------------------------------------------------------------ Spring fireworks: Witch Alder sends out soft, fragrant, white bottlebrush flowers that light up the understory and feed our early emerging pollinators just waking up from the winter. Gorgeous fall color: Orange, yellow, amber, scarlet… Fothergilla is known for having some of the most vivid and reliable fall foliage of all of our native shrubs. Woodland native: Naturally found in the Southeast’s upland woods and piedmont forests, it’s right at home in part shade and acidic soils. Low-maintenance & resilient: Slow-growing, drought-tolerant once established, and resistant to common pests and diseases — it’s a plant you can tuck in and forget. CLICK HERE FOR WITCHALDER (https://communityfoodscapes.org/products/witch-alder) AND REMEMBER! For the rest of fall, all CoFo consultations are half off! The cold weather is quietly the best season to make big landscape moves. Roots keep growing long after leaves drop, low soil temperatures reduce stress on new plantings, winter rain keeps everything hydrated, and pests take a break. This is also the perfect moment to start planning for the busy spring and get expert eyes on that tricky corner of your landscape. Cooler weather = peak planning season, and we’re here to help you make the most of it. Book now and let’s build next year’s landscape while nature is on your side. CLICK HERE TO BOOK WITH US! (https://communityfoodscapes.org/pages/consultation) https://facebook.com/communityfoodscapes/ https://instagram.com/communityfoodscapes https://communityfoodscapes.org mailto: Copyright (C) *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*. All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|**|LIST:DESCRIPTION|**|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences (*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*) or unsubscribe (*|UNSUB|*) Community Foodscapes · 848 Oglethorpe Ave SW · Suite 115512 · Atlanta, GA 30310 470-600-2636 · cofo.info@gmail.com · www.communityfoodscapes.org https://www.communityfoodscapes.org/