Cotinus 'Londus' syn. Cotinus 'Dusky Maiden'
Smoke Bush 'Dusky Maiden'
Cotinus - Smoke Bush - is a showy, large, bushy shrub. The leaves differ by variety from golden yellow to deep plum, and often change colour through the growing season. All cotinus need full sun and warmth to perform. They produce panicles of fluffy flowers. 'Dusky Maiden' is a compact form of Cotinus and has purple-red foliage, turning orange-red in the autumn. In summer, it produces pink flower panicles.
Contributed by @DeborahBanks
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Smoke Bush 'Dusky Maiden'
Latin name
Cotinus 'Londus' syn. Cotinus 'Dusky Maiden'
type
Trees or Shrubs
family
Anacardiaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.80 M
1.80 M
Cotinus 'Londus' syn. Cotinus 'Dusky Maiden'
Cotinus - Smoke Bush - is a showy, large, bushy shrub. The leaves differ by variety from golden yellow to deep plum, and often change colour through the growing season. All cotinus need full sun and warmth to perform. They produce panicles of fluffy flowers. 'Dusky Maiden' is a compact form of Cotinus and has purple-red foliage, turning orange-red in the autumn. In summer, it produces pink flower panicles.
Flowering
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
Tiny clusters of pink flowers on longish stems, giving the appearance of smoke, hence the name.
Propagation by cuttings
From Mid Summer TO Early Autumn
Take soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted.Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten, dying or dead cuttings regularly.
Planting Outdoors
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
In early to mid spring soak the container grown plant for 1/2 hours before planting in the soil which has had a spadeful of compost dug in first.
DeborahBanks
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