Definitions
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- noun Any of several
Australian shrubs andtrees , of the genus Conospermum, that have flowers in dense spikes
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Examples
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Then I turned to my purple smokebush (Cotinus coggygria).
Fear of Pruning Bart Ziegler 2010
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If, in the spring, I don't lop off five or six feet about how much its snake-like branches expand each summer the smokebush becomes way out of scale alongside shorter plants that line my front fence.
Fear of Pruning Bart Ziegler 2010
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The smokebush always attracts attention in my yard, both for its silky, purplish leaves and the way it sends its snakelike branches toward the sky.
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The one plant that attracts the most attention at my house is a smokebush (Cotinus coggygria, zones 5-8).
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The lilacs and emerging leaves of the smokebush are two of my favorite spring events.
Greetings From Fairegarden-April Bloom Day 2010 « Fairegarden 2010
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My smokebush after I cut it back five or six feet this spring.
Fear of Pruning Bart Ziegler 2010
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Saplings, vines, even the leaves of the smokebush, had their uses.
Conan and The Gods of The Mountain Green, Roland 1993
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Color for hot dry spots: yarrow; Shasta daisy; threadleaf coreopsis; dianthus; coneflowers; blanketflower; daylily; silver grass; switchgrass; fountain grass; beardtongue; salvia; Russian sage; sedum; rugosa rose; lilac; spirea; purple ninebark; sumac; barberry; bluebeard, or caryopteris; smokebush; hawthorn; ginkgo; and honey locust.
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I should have planted the smokebush elsewhere so it could reach its mature size of 12 to 15 feet.)
Fear of Pruning Bart Ziegler 2010
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Hi Frances, love the curling branch and the painted fern–also love the purple smokebush–it’s a fav in my garden.
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