13 Beautiful Blooming Shrubs to Fill Your Garden with Color All Summer
You can enjoy plenty of flowers in your garden without a lot of maintenance by adding a few easy-growing, summer-blooming shrubs. Most of these gorgeous yet undemanding plants will also attract birds and butterflies, making your green space a wildlife haven.
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Autumn garden Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ showing leaf pattern
Other names for shrub include Smoke tree and Venetian sumac English garden for all seasons. Winner "Overall Gardener of the Year" Garden News National Garden Competition 2010. Winner Daily Mail National Garden Competition 2007. www.fourseasonsgarden.co.uk
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Smokin' and Boozin'...
First the smokin’… I caught sight of that cotinus, or smoke tree, from my car, about a block away. It was so magical I had to turn around and take a couple of photos. Have you ever seen such a smokin’ smoke tree? I love the contrast of the flat round leaves with the fluffy "smoke"… These are usually seen as small to medium shrubs, it's so nice to see a tree... On to the boozin’…I stopped in Hollywood Beverage the other day to grab a bottle of whiskey for my whiskey lovin husband (yes, here…
Smoking Hot Garden Pick of the Week
Looking for another drought-tolerant garden specimen that can take up some real estate plus act as a hedge, be deer resistant and handle chilly temps (below -20 to -10 F)? Annie’s pick of the week is the Cotinus coggygria purpureus, the Purple Smoke Bush. Just imagine what these feathery-like plumes could look like as a cut flower in a sleek glass vase? Although its showiness can be short-lived, it’s worth that extra summertime splash. And as Oscar Wilde pointed out, “No object is so…
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Cotinus Coggygria
Cotinus coggyria (Venetian sumach, Smoke Bush)
The perennial nursery at Semilla Besada, has trialled many hundreds of dryland plants over the years. One, which has established well is Cotinus coggyria, otherwise known as Smoke Bush or Venetia…
Cotinus species / Purple Smoke Tree
- The purple foliage and the showy reddish-purple flowers make this an outstanding specimen in the spring and summer landscape in the upper South. Flowering is rather sporadic in the lower South. Plant in a sunny location with well drained soil.