| Description | Daydream Smoke Bush (Cotinus coggygria) is a hardy Smoke Bush that becomes packed with puff pinkish flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (ko-TI-nus)(ko-GIG-ri-a) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | full, tolerates some shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average, prefers well drained, worst enemy is wet feet |
| Flowers | The individual flowers are rather ineffective. The ornamental value comes from the hairs that arise from the pedicels and peduncle of the flower forming the puffy effect. DayDream has large brownish pink to maroon panicles. |
| Leaves | gray-green, burgundy and gold in the fall |
| Dimensions | 8-10 by 8-10 feet (HS), upright loose spreading, multi stemmed |
| Maintenance | blooms on older wood, may need little pruning in the early spring or pruning to remove dead branches, can be cut back hard but may take a few years or more to bloom |
| Native Site | Species plant native to southern Europe to central China. |
| Cultivar Origin | New Port Nursery, Michigan USA |
| Misc Facts | Cotinus from the Greek word kotinos, which is Greek for olive and coggygria from kokkugia, the Greek name. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) , #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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