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Cotinus coggygria collection with coloured foliage

Cotinus coggygria Old Fashioned, Golden Lady, Royal Purple
European Smoke Tree, Venetian Sumac, Smoke Bush

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Collection contains 3 plants

  • 1 x Cotinus coggygria Old Fashioned - Smoke Bush
  • 1 x Cotinus coggygria Golden Lady - Smoke Bush
  • 1 x Cotinus coggygria Royal Purple - Smoke Bush

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A collection of three smoke bush trees whose foliage displays golden, orange-red, and dark purple tones. All three also offer vibrant autumn colours and cloudy summer flowering in shades of smoky pink. The Cotinus is a vigorous, very hardy (it withstands temperatures below -15°C, even -20°C), and accommodating shrub. It grows in the sun or on the edge of woodlands, in any well-drained soil, even chalky and very dry in summer.
Exposure
Sun, Partial shade
Hardiness
Hardy down to -18°C
Soil type
Clayey-chalky (heavy and alkaline), Silty-loamy (rich and light)
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Best planting time March, October
Recommended planting time February to April, September to November
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Collection items (3 plants)

  • Cotinus coggygria Old Fashioned - Smoke Bush

    Price per single item: 32,50 €
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  • Cotinus coggygria Golden Lady - Smoke Bush

    Price per single item: 26,50 €
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  • Cotinus coggygria Royal Purple - Smoke Bush

    Price per single item: 19,50 €
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Description

This collection of Cotinus with colourful foliage will allow you to create a large shrub bed or enrich a hedge with multicoloured, changing tones from spring to autumn. It consists of three different varieties of smokebush trees selected for the beauty of their foliage. In summer, smoky-looking, feathery, pink panicles form. These varieties are as robust as their parent, Cotinus coggygria, a deciduous bush known as smokebush that thrives on limestone hills and rocky slopes.

The collection consists of:

1 Cotinus coggygria 'Old Fashioned': a vigorous variety, reaching 2.50 m high and 2 m wide. Its foliage changes from orange or purple in spring to bluish-green in summer, and then the whole plant ignites with red and orange in autumn.

1 Cotinus coggygria 'Golden Lady': a compact and rounded variety reaching about 2 m high. Its spring foliage is yellow-orange, turning golden yellow in summer, and then it blends golden yellow, orange, and even some salmon pink tones at the end of the season.

1 Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple': a famous variety with intense purple-violet foliage, finely edged with pink. The bush reaches 3.50 m in height and 2.50 m in spread, with a sometimes slightly unruly habit. Its cloud-like panicles are darker than the other two, in smoky purple. Its foliage turns scarlet and violet in autumn.

Plant these Cotinus in well-drained soil that does not retain too much moisture. Ordinary garden soil, even limestone, will suit them. Once rooted, they tolerate summer drought well. In a hedge, leave a spacing of 1 m between each plant. In a bed, you can space these smokebush trees 1.50 m apart. Create a colourful and low-maintenance hedge by alternating different varieties of Cotinus, spindle trees with autumn colours, Berberis thunbergii 'Atropurpurea', and the tall Weigela 'Alexandra' with dark purple foliage.

 

Plant habit

Height at maturity 3.50 m
Habit Irregular, bushy
Growth rate fast

Flowering

Flower colour pink
Flowering time July to August
Inflorescence Panicle
Flower size 15 cm

Foliage

Foliage persistence Deciduous

Botanical data

Genus

Cotinus

Species

coggygria

Cultivar

Old Fashioned, Golden Lady, Royal Purple

Family

Anacardiaceae

Other common names

European Smoke Tree, Venetian Sumac, Smoke Bush

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference21092

Planting and care

Cotinus coggygria should be grown in well-draining, even poor and chalky soil. It will grow in clay soils in a dry climate. It doesn't like acidic soils or soils that are compact and waterlogged in winter. This bush is very well adapted to drought and summer heat. Once well-rooted, it will not need watering in summer, even in Mediterranean areas. It prefers the sun, but can tolerate partial shade, where its foliage may be slightly less flamboyant.

Planting period

Best planting time March, October
Recommended planting time February to April, September to November

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow, Woodland edge
Type of use Border, Hedge
Hardiness Hardy down to -18°C (USDA zone 7a) Show map
Ease of cultivation Beginner
Planting density 1 per m2
Planting spacing Every 120 cm
Exposure Sun, Partial shade
Soil pH Any
Soil type Clayey-chalky (heavy and alkaline), Silty-loamy (rich and light)
Soil moisture Dry soil, Moist soil, well-draining

Care

Pruning instructions Pruning of the smoke tree is optional. However, you can prune to tidy it in early spring before it starts growing again, by cutting the branches in half. It tolerates severe pruning very well.
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time February to March
Soil moisture Dry soil, Moist soil
Disease resistance Very good
Overwinter Can be left in the ground

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