![]() Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot ready for immediate planting out. Plants can be pruned back hard in March if required to enhance the display and size of the foliage.ĥ10761 Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' - Smoke Bush InStock 7.49 14.99 GBP.Cotinus is easy to maintain needing just an occasional light trim to encourage new growth.After pruning apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted garden compost or manure around the base of the plant.Mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.Īftercare advice for Cotinus 'Royal Purple':.Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball and water well.Place your plant in the hole at the same level at the pot then refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling). Bushy large deciduous shrub to 5m, with rounded, deep purple leaves becoming redder in autumn.Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.Add a soil conditioner such as well-rotted manure to the earth removed from the hole if necessary.Dig a hole a little deeper and 3 x wider than the nursery pot.Best grown in well-draining soil in full sun or partial shade.Planting Advice for Cotinus coggyria 'Royal Purple': Royal Purple Smoke Tree, Cotinus, adds stunning color and texture to the yard with little, to no maintenance. The shrub requires a sunny location and has a moderate growth rate. In spring, it produces pink-purple flowers that are well loved by butterflies. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. Cotinus Coggygria Royal Purple or the Purple Smoke Bush, is a deciduous, season-long performer which will add beauty to your garden with both its stunning. This variety bears clusters of golden-yellow leaves that turn to an orange or coral in fall. Cotinus is easy to maintain needing just an occasional light trim to encourage new growth which enhances the display of foliage.įully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. Smoke bush is often used as an individual specimen plant, and in larger landscapes, it can be massed or planted as an informal screening hedge. It's a deciduous shrub so bare in winter, in spring the young leaves quickly deepen in colour with a waxy sheen before turning deep red in autumn.įeathery flowers appear in summer, singly they are insignificant yet together they give the plant a hazy look leading to its common name - Smoke Bush.Īn award-winning and fully hardy tree, it thrives in most soils but needs a sunny spot to do best. The ideal circumstance is slightly sandy loam, but they also do well in rocky soils. ![]() The plant does well in almost any soil type and most any pH level. A lovely contrast to the usual greens, this medium-sized bush has stunning deep purple rounded leaves. Purple smoke bush is dioecious, meaning it has staminate and pistillate (male and female) flowers borne on different individuals.
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