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This Knockout Native Gives Dreamy Clouds of Color and Year Round Beauty – How to Grow the American Smoke Tree

So many different ornamentals are described as unique, and gardening is filled with examples of stunning foliage and flowering potential. But the blooms of the American smoke tree (Cotinus obovatus) ...
Yahoo

Smoke trees are in bloom in the desert. Learn about the hardy, unusual specimen

Millicent Harvey's close up of smoke tree bloom. “To know the smoke tree is an experience; but one cannot know it at its strikingly best unless he has seen it in full flush of flower in June or early ...
The Desert Sun

Smoke trees: A hardy, unusual example of desert beauty and magic

“To know the smoke tree is an experience; but one cannot know it at its strikingly best unless he has seen it in full flush of flower in June or early July, after the first blast of summer heat has ...
Chicago Tribune

Smoke tree shrub puts pizzazz in your late summer garden

In the green sameness of late summer, any plant with extra pizzazz stands out. Such is a spectacular shrub with chartreuse foliage that frames the entrance of the Children’s Garden at The Morton ...