cotinus coggygria or the Flaming Smoke Bush is a bushy, deciduous shrub with rich, light green spring foliage which turns a brilliant orande-red in autumn. The foliage is most unusual in that it has an almost perfectly matt surface giving extra saturation to the colouring and making for a striking, stand-ou look in shrubberies.
The summer flowers appear like puffs of rose coloured smoke, sparse and fluffy above the foliage.
Easily grown in most temperate climates but prefers warm and dry summers.