Cotinus coggygria 'Golden Spirit'

Lime and golden foliage throughout spring and summer, which lightens up dark areas and adds contrast. Beautiful autumn foliage of orange and red. This cultivar may not flower as well as other Cotinus cultivars. According to the U.S. patent, the inventor did not observe flowering over a four year period of testing. If flowering does occur, it will be pink flower plumes on old wood in mid-summer. Best grown in part-shade. Keep moist.

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Family: Anacardiaceae, cashew or sumac family, a family of flowering plants mostly native to tropical North America, South America, Africa, and India.

Genus: Cotinus, cotinus (Latin, noun), meaning 'a shrub that gives or furnishes a purple colour', a name given by Pliny the Elder (AD 23/24 - 79) to a shrub growing in the Apennine Mountains, Italy from which the Romans extracted a purple dye. Pliny derived this name from the Greek noun κότινος (kótinos, 'wild olive tree [Olea europaea]'). Commonly known as smoke bush or smoketree, a genus of flowering large shrubs and small trees native to the warm temperate Northern Hemisphere.

Species: Cotinus coggygria, coggygria, derived from the Greek noun κοκκυγέα (kokkūgéā), which is the Greek name for this species.

Cultivar: Cotinus coggygria 'Golden Spirit'

Synonyms: Cotinus coggygria 'Ancot', Rhus cotinus 'Golden Spirit', Rhus cotinus 'Ancot'

Common Name: Smoke Tree

Description: Lime and golden foliage throughout spring and summer, which lightens up dark areas and adds contrast. Beautiful autumn foliage of orange and red. This cultivar may not flower as well as other Cotinus cultivars. According to the U.S. patent, the inventor did not observe flowering over a four year period of testing. If flowering does occur, it will be pink flower plumes on old wood in mid-summer. Best grown in part-shade. Keep moist.

Height: 3m

Width: 3m

Winter Foliage: Deciduous

Origin: Exotic

Foliage:

• Summer: Yellow, Green

• Autumn: Orange, Red

• Winter: None

• Spring: Yellow, Green

Flowers:

• Summer: Pink

• Autumn: None

• Winter: None

• Spring: None