In colder climates, winter winds can damage the plants ... watch out for stem canker. The bush blooms with a showy purple, smoke-like visual effect in the early summer and may continue flowering ...

GPP Purple smoke bush (Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple ... Annual pruning in late winter to 6 to 8 inches will maintain it at a 6- to 8-foot shrub, but you will lose the flowers.

As the temperatures rise, hydrangeas, winter-flowering shrubs, smoke bush, evergreens ... is a low-maintenance shrub with vibrant purple berries in fall and winter. As well as being highly ...

none more so than the purple-leafed smoke bush, Cotinus coggygria ‘Grace’, which is at its peak at this time of year. We thought we’d lost ours this year after the long, cold winter and ...

Wherever you site it, it’s quite easygoing. Smoke bush can tolerate partial sun, though it thrives in full sun. (Purple-leaved varieties have the best color when given full sun.) It likes medium ...

As I selected a few stems to clip from my purple smoke bush, it occurred to me that this ... it can be removed in late winter or early spring. Stems and branches that extend outside an otherwise ...

A good example is Cotinus coggygria (smoke tree). These trees come in ... produces the spectacular berries for a winter display, but also sports purple-black leaves that remain dark all season ...

When the wine-red foliage of Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' begins to fade in late ... silver-white and this is where the common name "smoke bush" comes from. The flowers literally look like ...

What: Baptisia “Purple Smoke,” or wild indigo, is a vigorous and tough perennial named for the vibrant, smokey violet-blue and purple flowers that stand lupine-like above the plant on strong ...