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Cotinus
'Grace'
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Image: Payton, Gregory - The Dawes Arboretum
Common name:
Grace smoketree
Family:
Anacardiaceae (cashew family)
Distribution:
hybrid: selection of Cotinus coggygria 'Velvet Cloak' × C. obovatus
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5
Life form:
Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Comments:
A deciduous shrub growing 9' tall and wide with a dense branching habit. Three inch long leaves unfold wine-red, but later soften to a purple-red. Flowers open in June/July as purple-pink, plume-like clusters persisting into late summer. Fall color is a gorgeous combination of reds, oranges and yellows.
Links:
RHS Horticultural Database
Locations
1:
DWD: AK08
(AK08)
• Accession: D1994-0564.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
VCA: AX15
(AX15)
• Accession: D1994-0564.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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