The indescribable purple color of the smoke tree was thus characterized by Ralph Cornell, the famous landscape architect and designer in 1938. For centuries, purple has been the color of kings.

Golden Spirit smoke tree (Cotinus coggygria ‘Ancot’) is a cultivar of European smoke tree. Smoke tree, or smokebush, is […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 52°F.

In other words, these trees and plants draw us presumably because they are different, and, as landscape designers are quick to point out, purple plants give depth to our gardens and make edges ...

Smoke tree: With this tree, ... “They are known for their flowers, airy panicles in pink or purple, that create a ‘smoke’ effect” when they bloom in spring, Proska says.

A jacaranda tree is seen in the backyard of a home along Omaha Street in Palm Harbor. [ CHRIS URSO | Times ] The jacaranda trees that dot the local landscape, many of them planted in the 1960s ...