Smoke Bush flowers
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 Venetian Sumach. It is a large deciduous shrub from southern Europe and Asia. It’s mature height is normally 5m, and here it has reached 3.5m in 9 years. It produces pink, plume-like flowers in the summer, and red leaves in the autumn. Traditionally it has been used in the tanning industry and a yellow dye can be obtained from the shoots. It is a good bee and hedging plant, and likes full-sun and a well-drained soil. It is hardy to -23C. We have found with deep watering over the winter/spring months, it needs no futher water during the summer drought.
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