Winter Cotinus Coggygria Royal Purple

Other common names smoke tree royal purple. Award winner cotinus coggygria royal purple smokebush is a bushy large deciduous shrub noted for its attractive foliage of rounded leaves.

Seattle Garden Ideas July 2011

Winter cotinus coggygria royal purple

Airy puffs of purplish hairs surround the flowers which begin appearing in late spring and early summer. Royal purple smokebush cotinus coggygria royal purple is a xeriscape plant that forms an upright low branched spreading shrub. 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.

Left to grow naturally it is a great way to fill a corner or an empty space in the garden. It can also be pruned to keep it smaller if needed and also grown into a striking informal purple leaved hedge or screen. It grows best in usda hardiness zones 5 to 9 and is highly drought tolerant.

Foliage holds its color all summer then turns scarlet red in autumn. Cotinus coggygria royal purple purple smoke tree this deciduous shrub has foliage that emerges a rich maroon red in the spring and darkens to purplish red by late summer. Emerging rich maroon red in spring the leaves mature to deep wine purple in summer before turning redder in fall.

The royal purple smoke bush cotinus coggygria royal purple gets its name from the tiny flowers that appear in spring and early summer giving the impression of a cloud of smoke. Once established water deeply occasionally. 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.

More in extreme heat. It makes a wonderful accent as a shrub border can be planted as a specimen or as a patio tree. It brightens the landscape with airy clusters of purple pink flowers.

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