Avoid over-watering perennials and annuals in hot, humid conditions.Water fruit and nut trees deeply to avoid fruit drop-off.Prune herbs often to encourage new growth.Keep a garden journal to note bloom times and insect habits.It was introduced into the United States in 1953, originating in Boskoop, Holland. A brief shower doesn’t mean it penetrated to the roots. The award-winning 'Royal Purple' smoketree is a large shrub or small tree with a compact growth habit and showy purple leaves in the Anacardiaceae (cashew or poison ivy) family. Even if rain comes, check the soil to 3” deep to make sure their roots have water. Store in jars, envelopes, or paper bags (not plastic) to plant next spring. Collect seeds from summer blooming plants.Solarize areas where you want to kill grass or weed pests for future planting.Leave clippings on the lawn to naturally fertilize. Don’t remove more than 1/3 of the top at a time. Keep the roots cool by leaving the grass long. Keep the lawn mower setting up to high.Remove damaged leaves to the trash (not the compost pile). Aphids and other insects can create sooty mold on plants, a fungus that develops from their secretions (honeydew).Aphids and other insects can plague crape myrtles and other trees in summer (“raining trees” are due to the honeydew secretions).Be sure to get the undersides of the leaves. It’s easy to spray them off with a hard blast of water. Fertilize every few weeks through growing season. Citrus with high nitrogen fertilizer like Citrus-tone.Foliar feed flowers and vegetables with liquid seaweed.Last chance to cut back fall blooming perennials (like aster) that are setting buds.No need to apply pruning paint to other trees.OKAY to prune red oaks and live oaks until February.Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Vegetable Planting Guides (Central Texas).Okra, eggplant, peppers, corn sweet potato slips, pumpkin, summer & winter squash, watermelon.She mentions that it’s no wonder plants in her garden in Temple are confused, since it was 78 degrees at her house on Christmas day! That’s Texas weird weather for you! Our viewer photo this week comes from Bell County Master Gardener Rowena Fengel of her lovely yellow bearded iris blooming in January. The more you can mimic its native region, the better, so water sparingly and don’t fertilize this tree. Smoke tree gets 15 to 30 feet tall and about half as wide and is widely planted in the Southeastern U.S., where they’re native to rocky soils and often found on mountainous terrain. This easily grown large bush will be happy even in dry, rocky soil, and it grows into a rounded bush about 10 feet tall, and as much across. Six to ten- inch flower clusters have reddish-gray to deep purple, very long, thin petioles, giving them the appearance of puffs of smoke. The Royal Purple Smoketree is a wonderful choice for bringing vibrant color into your garden without increasing your gardening work. Back to those flowers, which are how the plant received its common name in reference to smoke.
Smoke tree is best planted as what landscape architects call a “specimen.” That means that it should be set apart from much of the rest of the landscape, allowing it to draw the eye to its stunning beauty. Smoke bush, Cotinus coggygria, is deciduous shrub thats also commonly known as royal purple smoke bush, smokebush, smoke tree and purple smoke tree. The leaves, which emerge slightly pink, changes to a deep, bluish-green, then finally to a striking magenta in the fall. Mainly, we grow it for its striking form and foliage.
The late spring flowers are absolutely stunning. Pests and Diseases: Susceptible to Leaf Rollers, Leaf Spot, Canker, Scab and Verticillium.Sometimes called Texas smoke tree, this small, multi-trunked tree packs a big punch. This unique tree is one of the very few unique trees that thrive here.Īll pricing and availability are subject to change The flowers give the tree a smoky appearance, hence the name purple smoke tree. They have a purple tinge to their leaves that can turn greenish if shaded. Purple smoke trees are unique in many ways.
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