| Description | Cotinus Coggygria, Smoketree
Purple Smoke Bush is a gem in the garden thanks to it's unique blend of colours that change throughout the seasons. A large deciduous shrub or small tree, its beautiful eye-catching Spring foliage is green overlaid with purple. Summer brings deep purple foliage that then turns deep orange and bronze in a burst of glory for an Autumn show.
Purple Smokebush gets its name from the clouds of smoke-like purple and pink "flowers" it produces in early Summer. These are very beautiful themselves, and are prized along with the foliage by florists. Grows best in full sun to partial shade and it is tolerant of drought and most soils, making it a great addition to many gardens.
10" pot size. | Paulownia kawakami 'Powton Sapphire Dragon'
The Powton Sapphire Dragon Paulownia Tree is an exotic decorative deciduous shade tree that in spring is bejeweled with dazzling spikes of sapphire hued flowers. Extremely fast-growing.
The Sapphire Dragon was bred specially by Chris some years ago as a superior and beautiful fast-growing shade tree. It is still one of our most popular selling trees.
This variety grows up to 8m high and is ideal for small-medium size gardens.
Click here to read more about the Sapphire Dragon Tree.
8" pot size. (small specimens, due to a cold winter) | Senecio radicans
String of Beans also called String of Bananas is a close relative of String of Pearls.
It has long trailing/cascading stems of bright green bean-shaped (or banana-shaped) foliage and the occasional yellow flower. It is drought-tolerant and perfect for indoor areas also in direct lighting.
6"/14cm pot |
| Content | | In its first year a Powton Sapphire Dragon seedling can exceed three metres. In its second year, five metres with the appearance of its first bloom. In its third year it becomes a substantial shade tree with a final height of eight metres. A three year old Powton® Sapphire Dragon can have up to 30 racemes, each one of them a metre long and half a metre wide, bearing 300 frilly orchid-like flowers that will perfume a garden with its delicate fragrance. There’s more: the Powton® is deciduous. This means that it drops its leaves during the winter allowing sunlight into your garden when it needs it the most. The Powton® Sapphire Dragon refoliates in the warmer months with enormous lush and exotic leaves that create luxuriant cool summer shade, but that’s just part of the story.
To learn more about this amazing tree, read our Sapphire Dragon Factsheet. | |
| Additional information |
| height x width |
3m x 3m
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| features |
Attractive rounded purple foliage with a red tinge in spring and autumn, inflorescences appear in summer covering the bush like a cloud of smoke
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil
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| landscape use |
Specimen, feature, color contrast
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| Botanical Name |
Paulownia kawakami 'Sapphire Dragon'
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