Re: Blue/green perennials/botanical names of plants
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Blue/green perennials/botanical names of plants
- From: C* P* L*
- Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 13:12:27 -0500 (CDT)
> Sorry, Susan. But I don't. I'll try to find out tonight and let you know.
> The smoke tree I have has green leaves right now which are round mostly. It
> will bloom in late summer to early fall a little after the leaves turn as I
> said, bluish-green and yellow. I have two of them. I planted the one in
> Bev's garden last year and it was only about 10 inches tall. I'm 6' 3" and
> it's almost as tall as me, now. Quite a fast grower.
If the leaves are small (like 1-3" wide) then it's probably Cotinus
coggygria (the straight species has green leaves, but cultivars like
'Purpureus' and 'Velvet Cloak' are purple).
If the leaves are long and narrow (you said yours were round) and up to 6"
long then you have Cotinus obovatus.
Chris
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