Smoke Bush - Flame - 300mm pot

🌿✨ Cotinus coggygria ‘Flame’ – Smoke Bush ✨🌿
 
The Smoke Bush ‘Flame’ (Cotinus coggygria ‘Flame’) is a stunning deciduous shrub, treasured for its fiery autumn foliage and its misty, smoke-like flower plumes in summer. 🔥🌸 Pruned as a bush form, it’s perfect for adding colour, texture, and year-round drama to garden beds or feature plantings.
 
🌱 Size & Pot
✔️ 300mm pot – approx. 1.5m tall right now 🌳
✔️ Advanced shrub, pruned to a bushy shape for dense growth.
 
☀️ Sun & Soil
✔️ Best in full sun to part shade ☀️🌤️
✔️ Grows well in most well-drained soils – drought tolerant once established.
 
🍂 Foliage & Seasonal Changes
✔️ Soft green foliage in spring and summer 🌿
✔️ Clouds of airy, smoke-like flower plumes in summer 🌸
✔️ Brilliant fiery orange, red, and scarlet autumn colours 🍂🔥
✔️ Deciduous – bare in winter with attractive branching.
 
🌳 Growth Habit & Mature Size
✔️ Upright, bushy, multi-stemmed shrub
✔️ Grows approx. 3–4m tall × 3m wide
✔️ Responds well to pruning – can be kept smaller if desired.
 
💡 Special Characteristics
🌿 Striking autumn colour display 🍂
🌿 Unique, smoky flower plumes in summer 🌸
🌿 Hardy, drought and frost tolerant once established
🌿 Low-maintenance and long-lived
 
🌸 Planting Ideas
✔️ Use as a feature shrub in garden beds or lawns
✔️ Plant in mixed borders with other colourful deciduous shrubs
✔️ Pair with conifers, maples, or magnolias for contrast and structure
✔️ Ideal for cottage, contemporary, or low-maintenance gardens