Garden Plant: Cooke’s Purple Smoke Tree
Cooke’s Purple Smoke Tree
Product Description: Cooke’s Purple Smoke Tree
Wonderful Deep Color Cooke’s Purple Smoke Tree
- Deep Purple Foliage That Maintains Color All Summer
- Natural Vase-Shaped Growth Habit
- Grows Well in a Wide Range of Well-Drained Soils
There’s no need to settle with a boring or plain tree when you can have one that will start conversations and turn heads with ravishing color. The Cooke’s Purple Smoke Tree (Cotinus coggygria \’Cooke’s Purple’) is a small tree that inspires imaginations and offers wonderful color and shape for a wide range of landscaping uses. Just one look at this bold tree, and You’ll understand why so many landscape artists love the Cooke’s Purple Smoke Tree.
Cooke’s Purple Smoke Tree is known for its purple foliage with reddish-orange or yellow veins and glowing red undersides. These ovular leaves are leathery and keep their color in the heat of summer better than other varieties of this species. These thick leaves have the astonishing habit of holding themselves straight upward which adds additional structure to this tree’s vase-shaped form.
While the Cooke’s Purple Smoke Tree’s foliage is remarkable, so are its summer blooms. Its dainty flowers puff upward and outward in plumes of smoke-like clusters. These delightful blooms are bright red with hints of pink and violet and look like they were pulled from a Dr. Seuss masterpiece. These wonderful puffs have a pleasant floral scent that will greet you when you arrive home or wake up in the morning to step out for your morning paper.
This tree makes a fantastic specimen near your front entry or beside your property line. The deep purples and reds of the Cooke’s Purple Smoke Tree also make it a great plant as a privacy screen along the roadside or fence line. It pairs well with bright greens and yellows.
For best performance, plant your Cooke’s Purple Smoke Tree in a well-drained area of your yard. It thrives in almost any soil type and prefers medium moisture. This exciting plant loves to show off its unique colors in full sun.
Richly colored purple foliage and whimsical puffs of red flowers: the Cooke’s Purple Smoke Tree is a spectacular addition to your yard for bold color and great shape. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to plant a statement piece in your landscape, buy one today!