Cotinus coggygria Lilla - Smoke Bush
Cotinus coggygria Lilla - Smoke Bush
Cotinus coggygria Lilla - Smoke Bush
Cotinus coggygria Lilla - Smoke Bush
Cotinus coggygria Lilla
Smoke Bush, European Smoke Tree, Venetian Sumach, Dyer's Sumach
What a disappointment when I opened the parcel and found a poor bush with two-thirds of the branches broken and, more worrying, the shriveled leaves and the branches blackened by verticillium wilt. I pruned it and treated it with horsetail before replanting it. It's slowly recovering. The disease seems to have disappeared. To be continued.
Christine, 10/06/2024
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Description
Cotinus coggygria 'Lilla' is the dwarf version of the beautiful Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'. It was recently obtained in Hungary. Endowed with the same ornamental qualities and just as easy to grow, its modest size makes it accessible to all small spaces, as well as for ornamenting a terrace or balcony. Charming cloud-like panicles in shades of purple and smoke form above its finely edged purple foliage. Its foliage also takes on warm scarlet hues in autumn. Truly comfortable under most of our climates, even the harshest, it will be more colourful in the sun, and more floriferous in poor, chalky and dry soil.
Cotinus coggygria, also known as the smoke bush, belongs to the Anacardiaceae family, native to southern Europe and Asia. In nature, it grows on rocky hillsides, on poor soils, in dry climates. The 'Lilla' variety, born in 2010, stands out for its very compact habit and its dark purple-violet foliage. It reaches a maximum height of 1.25 m (4.1 ft) with a spread of 90 cm (35.4 in). On average, it reaches 1 m (3.3 ft) tall by 75 cm (29.5 in) wide at maturity. Cotinus coggygria 'Lilla' develops a very compact habit, which can be maintained by pruning it quite short at the end of winter. In June, it produces panicles of small yellow-green flowers, whose pedicels elongate to form a long panicle of fruit covered with hairs. The inflorescence then takes on a pinkish-purple, slightly smoky, feathery appearance, which has earned this species its name of wig tree. Its small deciduous ovate leaves appear from April onwards, and change colour throughout the season. In autumn, both panicles and foliage take on sumptuous colours, ranging from orange to dark pink and scarlet red.
Truly easy to grow and extremely undemanding, 'Lilla' appreciates well-draining, poor, light and chalky soils and only fears sea spray. Once established, it tolerates drought but does not tolerate excessive humidity in winter, especially in heavy soils. Like deciduous euonymus, it is very useful for brightening up small free hedges or low evergreen shrub borders such as boxwoods, escallonias, or dwarf buddleias. Its dark foliage creates interesting contrasts with shrubs with grey foliage (Great mugworts, Buddleia 'Silver Anniversary', Gomphostigma virgatum 'White Candy)', bluish foliage (Eucalyptus gunii), yellow foliage (Phyllostachys aurea, Sambucus nigra 'Golden Tower'), or even the variegated pink foliage of the shrimp plant (in cooler soil). You can also cultivate it in a large container on a terrace, accompanied by blue flowers (Ceratostigma griffithii or C. willmottianum, for example), or pink flowers (Pink valerian, Salvia 'Pink Beauty', Alcea 'Parkrondell').
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Botanical data
Cotinus
coggygria
Lilla
Anacardiaceae
Smoke Bush, European Smoke Tree, Venetian Sumach, Dyer's Sumach
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Plant in well-draining, poor and light soil. It accepts limestone everywhere and clay soils in dry climates. It tolerates poorly acidic soils, both compact and waterlogged in winter. This bush is very well adapted to drought and summer heat. It prefers the sun but can tolerate partial shade, where its foliage may be slightly less flamboyant. Cut back the stems by half in late winter to maintain a compact habit.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.