19+ Cotinus Obovatus Leaves

A hybrid of cotinus obovatus and cotinus coggygria velvet cloak. Growth edit the american smoketree cotinus obovatus syn.

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Cotinus obovatus leaves

Cotinus coggygria old fashioned. Cotinus obovatus american smoke tree. Trees typically grow 20 to 30 ft.

Foliage turns a variety of colors in the fall including yellow red orange and reddish purple and produces some of the best fall color of any of the native american trees and shrubs. Genus name comes from the greek word kotinus meaning olive. Large pink flower panicles with 4 to 6 inch long blue green leaves.

Large pink flower panicles with 4 to 6 inch long blue green leaves. Large round blue green leaves turn magnificent yellow orange and salmon pink in autumn. Leaves are dark blue green in summer.

The heartwood is a bright yellow. Fall foliage is yellow orange amber and red purple. Cotinus coggygria royal purple.

The species may be facing extinction in the wild. Has a short trunk open crown of spreading branches resinous sap with. The latin specific epithet obovatus means in the shape of an inverted egg and refers to the broadly oval shape of the leaves.

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