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