Royal Purple Smoke Shrub

Royal purple smoke shrub If you love purple and don t like a lot of work in the garden the royal purple smoketree is the landscape shrub for you.

Royal purple smoke shrub. Award winner cotinus coggygria royal purple smokebush is a bushy large deciduous shrub noted for its attractive foliage of rounded leaves. Foliage holds its color all summer then turns scarlet red in autumn. Details royal purple is a bushy large deciduous shrub to 5m with rounded deep purple leaves becoming redder in autumn. Forms a small rounded deciduous shrub with all of the color and interest of its larger cousin.

Royal purple smokebush dramatic long lasting pinkish purple smoke like airy seed clusters backed by reddish purple foliage create a prized small tree or large accent shrub. Capable of withstanding outdoor winter 98. The leaves of this variety are almost transparent with the sun. Cotinus coggygria royal purple rhus cotinus smoke bush venetian sumach hardy shrub what is hardy shrub.

Cotinus royal purple with its purple leaves creates contrast in the border as in the image right with alchemilla mollis lady s mantle making a good border combination. 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. There are also varieties of cotinus coggygria which have red leaves flame and grace both of which also have the rhs garden merit award. 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.

Frothy plumes of pink flowers rise above the wine red foliage in the summer. Woody plant usually having a permanent framework of branches. Phenomenal plumes of purple add color texture and grace to your yard in summer. Foliage holds its color all summer then turns scarlet red in autumn.

Large feathery pink inflorescences in summer.