species
Cotinus coggygria
Smoke bush
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Cotinus coggygria belongs to the family Anacardiaceae, also known as Smoke bush, introduced to the UK. It reaches 4 m tall and 4 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam, chalk or sand soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in well drained conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from June to July. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 4 m tall × 4 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Chalk, Sand
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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