Woody > Cotinus > Cotinus coggygria > Cotinus coggygria 'Follis Purpureus'
Cotinus coggygria
'Follis Purpureus'
Smoke Bush
| Family |
| Anacardiaceae |
| Genus |
| Cotinus |
| Species |
| coggygria |
| Cultivar |
| 'Follis Purpureus' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (deciduous) |
| Pronunciation |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 5 |
| Height |
| 3.5 m |
| Spread |
| 4 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| A large shrub with rounded form often broader that it is high. |
| Shape |
| Upright spreading. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| ID Characteristic |
| Unusual mist like flower covering in spring; like smoke. |
| Pests |
| Rusts, leafspot, leaf rollers and San Jose scale can attack this species. |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Small. |
| Leaf Description |
| Alternate, simple, ovate to obovate, 3.5-8cm long, rounded |
| Flower Description |
| Sparse and not very large - rather ineffective |
| Fruit Description |
| A rather small 7mm wide, kidney-shaped, dry and reticulate drupe. |
| Colour Description |
| Late leafing - late April - medium blue-green in summer, yellow-red in autumn. |
| Texture Description |
| Medium in leaf, course in winter |
| Propagation |
| Seed requires 30-60 minutes of acid treatments (sacrification) followed by 3 months at 5°C. |
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