55 Cotinus Flame Tree

Other common names smoke tree royal purple.

Cotinus flame tree. It makes a nice patio tree creating light shade. This is to start your own from cuttings. Cotinus coggygria royal purple sku 2814 dramatic long lasting pinkish purple smoke like airy seed clusters backed by reddish purple foliage create a prized small tree or large accent shrub. The name smoke bush comes from the unusual flowering habit. Flame smoke tree flame wig tree flame smokebush. Foliage holds its color all summer then turns scarlet red in autumn. Come fall they turn festive shades of yellow orange and red.

Leaves oblong blue green green or blue red or orange deciduous. Genus cotinus are large deciduous shrubs or small trees with simple obovate leaves often colouring well in autumn and insignificant flowers borne in large plumy panicles in summer becoming colourful in fruit. 12 to 24 inches per year. Unfortunately shrubs bushes and trees tend to be the most expensive plants to purchase for your garden. However its brittle wood can break easily in windy weather so there can be some mess. 10 18 feet. Genus cotinus are large deciduous shrubs or small trees with simple obovate leaves often colouring well in autumn and insignificant flowers borne in large plumy panicles in summer becoming colourful in fruit.

Grown as a large shrub or small tree the plant offers oval leaves in shades of rich purple gold or green through the gardening season. There are two types of cuttings to start shrubs bushes and trees hardwood cuttings and softwood cuttings. The puff of smoke that is the flowers will last most of the summer before it starts to fall off and fade for fall foliage. Synonyms cotinus coggygria flame. There is one way to save money though on these higher ticket items. 10 15 feet. Other common names smoke tree flame.

Smoke tree make a big impact in your landscape from spring to fall with the colorful foliage of smoke tree. Smoke bush is often used as a garden specimen thanks to its beautiful purple pink smokey plumes and the purple leaves found on some cultivars. Has either male or female flowers. Most of these buds abort and a small feathery plume grows in its place. Large inflorences develop in late spring with many small flower buds. The smoke bush cotinus coggygria is one of the most beautiful of large bushes small trees. Smoke bush cotinus coggygria is a deciduous shrub that s also commonly known as royal purple smoke bush smokebush smoke tree and purple smoke tree.

When the smoke tree blooms it is a beautiful tree. The tree has only a few branches when it is young.