smoke trees
Has anyone planted a smoke tree and what experience have you had??
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smoke trees
Has anyone planted a smoke tree and what experience have you had?? I've had one for 3yrs. It's very full but only 2 feet tall due to the deer eating it the first year. Sue in Mi. (zone 5) |
smoke trees
Our native Smoketree, Cotinus obovatus, is largely carefree and provides
stupendous fall colors. Will grow in a variety of soils but will take limestone or alkaline soils very well. Full sun for best growth and color. Dave "mommab" wrote in message s.com... Has anyone planted a smoke tree and what experience have you had?? -- mommab ------------------------------------------------------------------------ posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk |
thanks for the info. do they normally start as a short bush and then get tall shoots? do they need to be trained like the crepe myrtle?
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smoke trees
I have 7 of them forming a green fence on the east side of my lot. I
live on the top of a limestone hill in western North Carolina with heavy clay soil, and they thrive here. I keep them trimmed and thinned because they like to throw very long shoots up that can reach 6 ft in a year. I lop back the shoots to approx 3 ft in the winter and trim any branches that are not growing where I want them. They take this kind of care very well and have rewarded my with a lovely thick hedge. They have a habit of turning into a very untidy large shrub if not kept in bounds, but I have seen people work on them and turn them into very nice medium-small (~25 ft) trees. If you want the get the 'smoke', you have to keep some branches untrimmed as they bloom on last year's branch tips. On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 20:00:59 GMT, mommab wrote: Has anyone planted a smoke tree and what experience have you had?? |
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