37+ Cotinus Background. It prefers to grow in full sun as its leaves will revert back to green in the shade, and it tolerates a range of soil ph and soil types. Definitely the plant that attracted our attention on our visit to the beth chatto garden, essex, the students and i admired the range of autumn colours displayed by these cotinus coggygria (smoke tree, venetian sumach).
It gets its common name of smoketree (or smokebush) not from the tiny.
2 vendors have this plant for sale. In america, this is often called the european smoke tree to distinguish it from cotinus obovatus, the native american smoke tree. Few species can provide great textural qualities in the landscape like cotinus. It prefers to grow in full sun as its leaves will revert back to green in the shade, and it tolerates a range of soil ph and soil types.
