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Cotinus coggygria Golden Spirit - Smoke Bush

Cotinus coggygria ‘Ancot’ Golden Spirit®

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The Cotinus has taken well: planted in autumn 2024, it’s doing well. Its small yellow leaves really brighten up that part of the garden. Now I’m waiting for it to grow bigger... Thank you for offering so many varieties. And your articles on the site are a real bonus for guiding us in our choices and how to put them into practice.

Sophie , 15/04/2025

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A large smoke tree whose foliage turns from bronze in spring to golden yellow in summer, then to coral, orange and red in autumn. Its inflorescences are feathery, copper-pink plumes that appear in summer. Hardy down to –25 °C, this variety tolerates dry, calcareous soils very well once established. Superb as a specimen plant, on a lawn or against a backdrop of greenery.
Flower size
12 cm
Height at maturity
3.50 m
Spread at maturity
3 m
Exposure
Sun
Hardiness
Hardy down to -23.5°C
Dry resistance
Very good
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Best planting time March, October
Recommended planting time February to April, September to November
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Cotinus, smoke tree: planting, pruning and care
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by Virginie T. 10 min.
Cotinus, smoke tree: planting, pruning and care
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Cotinus coggygria Golden Spirit - Smoke Bush (Foliage) Foliage
Cotinus coggygria Golden Spirit - Smoke Bush (Plant habit) Plant habit

Plant habit

Height at maturity 3.50 m
Spread at maturity 3 m
Habit irregular, bushy
Growth rate fast

Flowering

Flower colour yellow
Flowering time June to August
Flower size 12 cm

Foliage

Foliage persistence Deciduous
Foliage colour golden

Botanical data

Genus

Cotinus

Species

coggygria

Cultivar

‘Ancot’ Golden Spirit®

Family

Anacardiaceae

Botanical synonyms

Cotinus coggygria ‘Ancot’, Cotinus coggygria Golden Spirit®

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference • 78158411

Planting and care

The Cotinus coggygria GOLDEN SPIRIT® is best planted in autumn, from September to November, or in early spring. Plant it in full sun to obtain richly golden foliage and lovely autumn colours; light shade during the hottest part of the day is well tolerated in areas with very hot summers. It grows in ordinary, acid, neutral or alkaline soil, even poor, clayey or stony, provided it is well drained. Heavy, waterlogged soils are not suitable for it. Water regularly during the first two summers; once established, the shrub tolerates dry summers well. 

Planting period

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

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow, Rockery
Type of use Border, Free-standing, Hedge
Hardiness Hardy down to -23.5°C (USDA zone 6a) Show map
Tolerance to sea spray: 1
Ease of cultivation Beginner
Exposure Sun
Soil pH Any
Soil type Chalky (poor, alkaline and well-drained), Clayey-chalky (heavy and alkaline), Silty-loamy (rich and light), Stony (poor and well-drained)
Soil moisture Very dry, Dry soil, Moist soil, well-drained

Care

Pruning instructions Pruning the smoke tree remains facultative. However, you can carry out maintenance pruning to maintain its habit at the end of winter, before growth resumes; it tolerates severe pruning very well. If you prune it back to 30 or 50 cm from the soil each year, it will produce large, brightly coloured leaves and remain smaller, but this will remove that year’s flowering.
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time February to March
Soil moisture Very dry, Dry soil, Moist soil
Dry resistance Very good
Disease resistance Good
Overwinter Can be left in the ground
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