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Plant: Winecraft Black® Smokebush
Cotinus coggygria 'Winecraft Black'
Size: 2 gal
Light
Bloom
More about this plant
Winecraft Black® is the first Proven Winners smokebush, so you know it must be special. In spring, round leaves emerge rich purple but as summer's heat comes on, they turn a deep near-black tone and finally light up in an array of reds and oranges in fall. In early summer, large, soft panicles of bloom appear that become the misty "smoke" that makes this such a popular landscape plant. Unlike other smokebush, it naturally has a rounded, dwarf habit which means that finally, every landscape has room for this unique plant.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 4-8
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
Winecraft Black® is the first Proven Winners smokebush, so you know it must be special. In spring, round leaves emerge rich purple but as summer's heat comes on, they turn a deep near-black tone and finally light up in an array of reds and oranges in fall. In early summer, large, soft panicles of bloom appear that become the misty "smoke" that makes this such a popular landscape plant. Unlike other smokebush, it naturally has a rounded, dwarf habit which means that finally, every landscape has room for this unique plant.
- Flowers
- Large, soft panicles of tiny flowers in early summer that become the pink, misty smoke-like plumes.
- Foliage
- Round, alternate, entire leaves emerging rich purple, turning deep near-black in summer, then red and orange in fall.
- Bark & stems
- Smooth light gray bark when young, rougher with age; stems brown to purplish with lenticels.
- Pruning
- Rarely required; may be done in spring.
- Native range
- South-central Europe to China (species Cotinus coggygria).
