Cotinus Smoke Bush

Further along the grass side of the Dog-Path Garden I've planted a Cotinus. Its leaves are a deep wine colour.

The leaves turn some crazy colours in Autumn - and are some of the last to fall in the Moosey garden.

cotinus and friends in 2002

Below is an older picture of the Cotinus with a frothy Gypsophila and a free bright red rose as companions. They have since been removed - and the Cotinus has grown up quite a lot.

Cotinus and Friends in 1998

In the distance you'll see the rose pergola, which has just been erected, and looks slightly bare and rose-less.