Cotinus coggygria 'Young Lady'

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#whiskery as all get out

@emch such intricate whiskers too 🤩

Is this the same plant as one in the previous photo? It looks quite different.

@jeatacake it is, just zoomed right in. Seems to lose the fluffiness up close

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Love mine 🩷💚

@juliesgarden they’re amazing plants at this stage 💨

Wow! That's doing amazingly well especially considering it's in a pot 👍

@jeatacake it’s quite a beast isn’t it! More smoke than bush 🤣

I don't mind that kind of smoke. Certainly beats neighbours burning stuff in their back gardens! 😄

Even the rain can’t stop the smoke 😋 #smoke-bush #cotinus #smoke-bush-young-lady

This young lady is quite the smoker! Love it!💘😍

Wow. She’s smokin hot 👍💗

@ShelleySnyder she’s a smouldering little thing 😛

@hkyfvr that she is! Lasting ages this year too 😍

My Vet has a big one out front of the house her office is in. It looked great last year. Must look when I go again soon. Yours is such a nice size. Really pretty too. 🌸

@hkyfvr I do like that it’ll never get too big in a pot. I’m ocd for cutting off all the spent blooms once they go over so keeping it a manageable size is needed 🤣

@gjones would be a great addition 😍 I’ve seen so many older ones around my village that are now full sized trees! They really do look like they’re smoking! 😂

I am the same about spent blooms. If I put one in a large pot it will not get too big. Maybe I should try this smoking lady. 👍😍😍

@hkyfvr you definitely should! The dark leaved ones are especially beautiful 🤤

I don’t think there will be any left now. I cannot remember seeing them but then I was not looking for a smoke bush. 🤣👍😍

@hkyfvr they’ll jump out at you now you’re looking for one 😛

Love the colour 😍 #smoke-bush #cotinus #smoke-bush-young-lady

Wow 💞💞💞

These are an amazing sight in flower, especially large specimens 💖

Spectacular 💗💕

@pelly it’s coloured up so beautifully this year 💕

@jeatacake oh yes 😍 my grandads neighbour has a deep purple one that’s easily 8’ high and trained as a tree. Looks incredible right now 😋

@hkyfvr thank you Diane ☺️ so pleased with it this year 💞

@gjones they’re really special when they’re in full smoke 😍

Always welcome Kerry. Would you believe I thought these were weird looking but now I think they are lovely. That was before I was into plants. 🙀😟🤷‍♀️

@hkyfvr I thought the same when I first saw one 😂 thought it looked so scruffy! But when you see a well kept one it changes your opinion. They have a huge one in my local botanic garden and fell in love with it 😍

That can make all the difference. How it is looked after. The love put into it 💕💗 @kez001uk

@hkyfvr that’s what my Nan used to say: “you love your plants and they’ll love you back” ☺️

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@gjones they’re stunning looking things! So impressive when they’re smoking 😛 great that you tried it from seed though! If they’d germinated it would be a long time before it flowered 😜

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Mine didn't flower this year, maybe it didn't like moving house?

Hopefully ours will make up for it next year @columbiariver

@DeborahBanks @columbiariver this one barely did either 🤔 hopefully saving their energy for an extra special show next year 🤞🏻

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I've never seen seed pods on these before 😯

@cyndi I looked online and apparently they are the seed pods 😛 I’ll get my organza bags ready 😉

@jeatacake I hadn’t noticed them either. They’re like miniature pears 🍐 I’ll attempt a seed rescue 😛

@cyndi I’ll send some if I’m successful 😛

@cyndi always welcome 😛

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Smokin......!!😆

Amazing! That baby is smokin!!💘😍

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom she’s starting to 😛 and almost a month earlier than last year 😜

@ShelleySnyder she’s definitely smouldering 😉😂

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Nice. Not seen this white version before 👍

Looking good 😍

@jeatacake I was so disappointed because I bought it thinking all smoke bushes had dark foliage but apparently not 😂

@debs69 thanks Debra 😁 can’t wait for the smoke bit 😛

Wow, I never knew it came in white. Looking forward to seeing this

@alan1111 they look like little elder flowers 🤍 really wanted a dark one but seems I didn’t choose too badly given you and Jeff hadn’t seen one like it before 😛

I would have never known it was a smoke bush

@alan1111 stumbled upon an unusual one 😂

You lucky so n so 😆

@alan1111 definitely luck rather than judgement 🤣

It would have been a surprise to me too!

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Love how those water drops get cupped by the leaves

@sushiwaitress like they’re covered in tiny jewels 💎

Starting flowering again 🤷🏻‍♀️

Smouldering 😍

Wow that has grown so much this year 😄👍

@ublaszko it’s quite different from its arrival as a twig 😂

Aaah, the life of a twig 😊 A bit like a story of the ugly duckling 😉😁😁

@ublaszko it’s as fluffy as a duckling! 😆

@gjones I think they’re the flowers but not certain. I saw one at the botanic gardens, absolutely huge thing, and fell in love so needed one 🤣 it’s done great considering it’s the first time its flowered

My neighbour had a purple one and I love how it looks burgundy red backlit by the sun. Definitely need to get one 😍😍

@ublaszko I wanted a burgundy one but looks like I chose the wrong one 😂 hoping it will change colour in the autumn

Hope it does too 😊

Very jealous! I got gift money and I know what I'll be buying as soon as we move house 😆😆

@ublaszko they’re gorgeous plants aren’t they! Great way to spend your gift money 🤑 Can’t wait til it starts to smoke 😍

I'm a bit torn between buying something online or waiting till August to buy spring bulbs. I think I might not get a lot of flowers from this year's bulbs next spring because of the house move so I want to buy new ones just in case.

@ublaszko probably a smarter choice. For the same money you can buy a lot more bulbs to ensure you have spring flowers 😊

I think I'll wait until we move to decide. It looks like the offer we made has fell through. The landlady was still showing the place even after we agreed to take it 😕

@ublaszko I’m sorry to hear that 😕 just means somewhere better is on the horizon ☺️

Fingers crossed 😊 I'm really annoyed the landlady continued to show the house even though we were the first to see it and we agreed to take it. If she didn't like us she could have told us and saved us the time and trouble. That's the bit I don't like about moving, all the little games. The actual packing and unpacking I see as an opportunity to declutter and get a fresh start 😊

@ublaszko the games they play must be so frustrating! They’ll do anything to try get a bit more money though 🙄 that’s the best part of moving, getting to clear out everything you no longer need or want. I’m jealous of that part 😛

Nothing but foliage 😂 #foliagefriday

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Have you been shopping?! 😁

@bluefox23 birthday money was burning a hole in my pocket 😉😂🤣