Pruning Smoke Bush Into A Tree
Smoke trees are a summer flowering shrub that is produce flowers on new growth.
Pruning smoke bush into a tree. Smoke bush cotinus coggygria has a lot going for it rich purple foliage unusual wispy blooms that appear to wreath the plant in smoke and a compact. Alternatively prune to thin it removing up to one third of the oldest misshapen and unproductive stems. Smoke tree is an ornamental shrub to small tree that is grown for the bright purple or yellow leaves and the spring flowers that mature and puff out as if they were clouds of smoke. Pruning smoke trees annually will help make the plant more compact and strengthen the limbs.
How to prune a purple smoke tree. Prune a smoke bush back to stands 12 to18 inches above ground for subsequent years. Growing 10 to 15. The smoke tree cotinus coggygria a deciduous bush is known for its distinctive purple leaves and the feathery pink and purple tufts that hang from spent flower blooms.
And a spread of 15 ft. It is often used as a. The name smoke bush is derived from the fine filament clusters or smoky plumes that appear on the bush during the summer. How to prune a smoke bush into tree form.
Choosing a leader to encourage growth as a tree now is not recommended. Smoke trees tend to have a rangy splayed growth habit. How to prune a smoke tree. One advantage of pruning at this time is that the shape and branching can easily be seen.
A haze of seed bearing puffs float over the leaves of the purple smoke tree cotinus coggygria also known as the smoke bush or venetian sumac.