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} Mar 26, With the plant still dormant in the chilly late-winter weather, John gave our new smoke-tree-to-bush pruning method a try. He started by trimming off the numerous small upper branches with long-handled loppers.
As he worked his way down the tree, he switched to a bow saw to cut through the thicker treenotch.clubted Reading Time: 5 mins. Nov 08, Unpruned, the smoke bush becomes a large, multistemmed shrub 10 to 15 feet tall and wide. As with Hamlet's dilemma, though, there's really no middle course.
If you try to have it both ways -- Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins.
Drought tolerant, once established.
How to Prune a Smoke Bush Into Tree Form. Smoke bush (Cotinus coggygria) has a lot going for it -- rich purple foliage, unusual wispy blooms that appear to wreath the plant in smoke, and a compact.
Bold, bright, and beautiful: that's Winecraft Goldsmokebush. Round, waxy leaves emerge a sunny orange, soon take on a golden hue, then mature to a cheerful chartreuse for the season. In early summer, cloud-like green flower clusters cover the plant, and these turn into the pink"smoke" plumes that earn the plant its name. In late winter or early spring, cut out dead, diseased and crossing branches, and lightly shape as needed.
Since smoke bush blooms on the previous year’s growth, hold off on any major pruning until after summer flowering. Plants can also be kept smaller by cutting them back hard to the ground.