Cotinus obovatus Fred Heutte in the ground through zones

in the ground through zones 8 and 9 or in a large container farther north

a dooryard citrus as ornamental as it is edible

the blooms are good for cutting too

blue beech

Cotinus obovatus Fred Heutte in the ground through zonesThe American smoketree, Cotinus obovatus, is an uncommon small to medium native tree, kin to the familiar European smoketree but bolder in leaf and rarer in gardens. The common name comes from the fruiting stage, when the loose, fuzzy flower panicles blur the whole crown into a soft haze of smoke. The broad, oval, blue green leaves are noticeably larger than those of the European Cotinus coggygria, and they close the year in a spectacular blaze of