Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' - Smoke Bush
- A lovely contrast to the usual greens , this medium sized bush has stunning deep purple rounded leaves.
- Deciduous, the young leaves quickly deepen in colour with a waxy sheen before turning deep red in autumn.
- Feathery flowers appear in summer, singly they are insignificant, together they give the plant a hazy look leading to it's common name - Smoke Bush.
- Fully hardy it thrives in most soils and is easy to maintain. The occasional light trim encourages new growth enhancing the display.
- Delivered as an established plant in 9cm pot ready for immediate planting out.
Product Description
A lovely contrast to the usual greens, this medium-sized bush has stunning deep purple rounded leaves. It's a deciduous shrub so bare in winter, in spring the young leaves quickly deepen in colour with a waxy sheen before turning deep red in autumn.
Feathery flowers appear in summer, singly they are insignificant yet together they give the plant a hazy look leading to its common name - Smoke Bush.
An award-winning and fully hardy tree, it thrives in most soils but needs a sunny spot to do best. Cotinus is easy to maintain needing just an occasional light trim to encourage new growth which enhances the display of foliage.
Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience.
You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come.
Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot ready for immediate planting out.
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Top Tips
Care Guide
Planting Advice for Cotinus coggyria 'Royal Purple':
- Best grown in well-draining soil in full sun or partial shade
- Water your potted plant well.
- Dig a hole a little deeper and 3 x wider than the nursery pot.
- Add a soil conditioner such as well-rotted manure to the earth removed from the hole if necessary.
- Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.
- Place your plant in the hole at the same level at the pot then refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling).
- Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball and water well.
- Mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.
Aftercare advice for Cotinus 'Royal Purple':
- Water regularly until established.
- After pruning apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted garden compost or manure around the base of the plant.
Pruning Advice for Cotinus coggyria:
- Cotinus is easy to maintain needing just an occasional light trim to encourage new growth.
- Plants can be pruned back hard in March if required to enhance the display and size of the foliage.
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