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What cultivar is this smokebush?

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Posted by 9bark 5 British Columbia (My Page) on
Mon, Aug 29, 11 at 22:03

Hi, I bought this beautiful smokebush earlier in the year and it did not come with a cultivar or variety name. I'm tempted to say it's a Royal Purple but the patterns on the leaves and the shortness of the shrub compared to the other solid purple leaved shrubs they were selling points me to here. Hope you can help me! Thanks!

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RE: What cultivar is this smokebush?

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I think it has a branch "sporting" which is when bud(s) mutate and produce variegation from the new-growth. It very well could be that it started sporting some time ago and you were lucky to have it sold to you. I've never seen a Cotinus with those colors.

Now here's the deal, since it's such a nice sport, it should be propagated to save it. My friend in Canada at 'Whistling Gardens' Darren Heimbecker is someone that would be able to help you to accomplish this. It's imperative that the propagation is done just in case the leaves revert back to normal. I'll notify Darren to have him take a look at this thread.

If it is a cultivar I have never seen... so be it. Otherwise a superb find and possible introduction to future gardening.

Best Regards,

Dax

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This margin coloration is pretty common to see on Cotinus RP in the PNW, not sure what causes it. Not seen on new growth,shows up normally after growth has stopped or terminal bud has set on a given branch.

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  • Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
    Wed, Aug 31, 11 at 9:55

Yep.

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