What is the Latin name for a smoke tree?
Cotinus
Smoketree/Scientific names
The leaves are the best asset of the smoke tree (scientific name: Cotinus). They’re oval, bluish green, purple or gold and change colour in the autumn.
Why is it called a Smoketree?
Most of the flowers in each inflorescence abort, elongating into yellowish-pink to pinkish-purple feathery plumes (when viewed en masse these have a wispy ‘smoke-like’ appearance, hence the common name “smoke tree”) which surround the small (2–3 mm) drupaceous fruit that do develop.
What is the proper name of a smoke tree?
In old gardening books you will find cotinus referred to as Rhus cotinus; in fact the species Cotinus coggygria is sometimes called Venetian sumac, endorsing its association with the genus.
Is Cotinus coggygria poisonous?
Is Cotinus ‘Grace’ poisonous? Cotinus ‘Grace’ has no toxic effects reported.
How do you pronounce Cotinus coggygria?
Phonetic spelling of Cotinus coggygria
- Cot-i-nus cog-gy-gria.
- KOTT-ih-nus kog-GIG-ree-uh.
- cotinus coggygria. Freeda Hagenes.
- Cotinus coggy-gria. Raina Zulauf.
Is Cotinus an evergreen?
Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ is a deciduous shrub with soft deep maroon/reddish purple round leaves that contrast clear pink plumes in late summer that are so light and wispy that the shrub became known as the “Smoke Bush”. Foliage looks at its best after being pruned hard in early spring time.
Where is Smoketree native to?
Native to rocky, usually mountain soils from Kentucky, Tennessee, and northern Alabama west to Oklahoma, with disjunct populations in a few counties of central Texas, Cotinus obovatus is an outstanding small, ornamental tree.
What is a purple smoke tree?
The award-winning ‘Royal Purple’ smoketree is a large shrub or small tree with a compact growth habit and showy purple leaves in the Anacardiaceae (cashew or poison ivy) family. It was introduced into the United States in 1953, originating in Boskoop, Holland.
How quickly does cotinus grow?
Cotinus Coggygria will grow to around 5ms, ‘Flame’ and ‘Grace’ around 6ms which size they will reach in between 10-20years.