Prune back as needed every year in spring. Upright shrub with glossy dark green leaves turning brilliant red, orange and yellow in autumn. Fragrant, white, frothy flowers in late spring before or as the leaves unfold. Fothergilla gardenii grows 3-4 ft. tall. Fothergilla major is a large shrub, grows 8 ft tall.
Leaves are bright yellow with narrow green stripes.
Hydrangea quercifolia-oakleaf hydrangea. White conical flowers from mid-summer into autumn. 6 ft. tall and 8 ft. wide. Large clump perennial with gray leaves and blue blossoms in May, continuing into summer and fall. Arching mounds of exotic deep-burgundy foliage topped by pink plumes from early summer to frost.