Cotinus coggygria
Plant type
Shrubs Common name
Albero della nebbia, Sommacco selvatico, Scotano
Family
Anacardiaceae
- Shrubs
Habitus
- Sun
Exposure
- Deciduous
Leaf Persistance
- Pink
Flower Colour
- 08-August
- 07-July
- 09-September
Flowering Period
- 6
Climatic Zone
- Asia
- Europa
Continent of Origin
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Origin: Southern Europe, Asia.
Botanical characteristics: It is a small tree or bushy shrub. It has oval leaves with long bright green petioles. in autumn they turn yellow, orange or red. Flowers bloom from early summer to autumn. They are showy panicles that turn into feathery infructescenses that are green at first, then tawny and finally grey.
Agronomic and environmental characteristics: It can be found in northern Italy in thickets and rocks. It prefers well-drained dry rocky and calcareous soils in full sun.
Use: It is used in road embankments, vacant areas, ruins and hillsides or in gardens as a single plant or in groups and mixed hedges.