Cotinus Flame Tree
Smoke tree make a big impact in your landscape from spring to fall with the colorful foliage of smoke tree.
Cotinus flame tree. Other common names smoke tree flame. Other common names smoke tree royal purple. It makes a nice patio tree creating light shade. Flame smoke tree flame wig tree flame smokebush. 10 18 feet. Golden rain tree is an excellent yellow flowering tree and perfect for urban planting. The tree has only a few branches when it is young.
Large inflorences develop in late spring with many small flower buds. 12 to 24 inches per year. The smoke bush cotinus coggygria is one of the most beautiful of large bushes small trees. 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. 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. 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. However its brittle wood can break easily in windy weather so there can be some mess.
Again the smoke tree blooms are like feathery fuzzy flowers and look like a beautiful cloud of smoke. 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. Foliage holds its color all summer then turns scarlet red in autumn. Come fall they turn festive shades of yellow orange and red. When the smoke tree blooms it is a beautiful tree. The name smoke bush comes from the unusual flowering habit. 10 15 feet.
Leaves oblong blue green green or blue red or orange deciduous. Most of these buds abort and a small feathery plume grows in its place. Flowers in spring or summer. Synonyms cotinus coggygria flame. There are two types of cuttings to start shrubs bushes and trees hardwood cuttings and softwood cuttings. There is one way to save money though on these higher ticket items. 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.
Unfortunately shrubs bushes and trees tend to be the most expensive plants to purchase for your garden. This is to start your own from cuttings.