Re: Cotinus OK in Spain?
- Subject: Re: Cotinus OK in Spain?
- From: R* G*
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 16:47:14 -0700
Nick,
Hello, my name is Ryan Gyukovitz, a new listmember from Camarillo, CA which
is approx. 50mi WNW of Los Angeles on a coastal plain 10mi. or so from the
Pacific. I am not personally familiar with Cotinus, but the dieback you are
describing is not unusual for transplanting an established tree, it's
letting go of unsupportable growth to survive. I would say it will pull
through fine so long as fresh growth continues to stay healthy. Keep the
tree reasonably well watered this summer, then, when it leafs out in the
coming spring cut off any dead branches and enjoy your tree which by then
should be well established.
Diane Whitehead wrote:
> posted for Nick Kearney by Diane Whitehead
> ============================
>
> Hello,
> Maybe I should introduce myself first, I'm a recent arrival to the list
> and have lurked for a few weeks. I live near Valencia in Eastern Spain
> about 15 km inland on the brow of a little hill. The soil in my garden
> is fairly poor, and we almost always have a breeze, or more.
> I have a problem: some friends, when I moved in gave me a present, a 3
> metre Cotinus Coryggia (I think) also known as Royal Purple. I'm from
> England originally, and there they call it a Smoke tree. My first
> reaction was that it was not very appropriate for this climate, and that
> it might suffer, but, gift horses are gift horses, and I planted it in
> the most sheltered part of the garden next a wall and in the lowest
> section. Three months later it is suffering, after a good start the
> first month with a lot of new shoots, the older leaves have grown
> progressively browner from the edges and some are now completely dry.
> The younger shoots remain more or less healthy. But the tree looks
> pretty sorry.
> Has anyone experience with this tree or this problem. Any ideas?
