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Author:  treesavage [ 23 May 2012, 19:36 ]
Post subject:  Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'
Cotinus Coggygria 'Royal Purple'


Anyone on the forum tried to bonsai this species before?
Author:  Gwen Potter [ 23 May 2012, 19:48 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'
Thought about it many times, but I think it is very slow or even never grows a decent trunk. Plus the fact that the leaves are generally too big on a small tree.
Author:  Gwen Potter [ 23 May 2012, 20:11 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'
Treesavage - have a look at the other topic live at the moment by NickB.
Author:  Paul P [ 23 May 2012, 20:47 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'
I have a Cotinus, not a royal purple but a green leaved variety, bought it from a garden centre that was having a sale after remembering reading the name on bonsai4me.

Can't tell you a great deal about them as only had it from the winter, it wasn't in the best of health and all I did was chop it back and as you will see below they do backbud profusely. (there wasn't a visible bud on it after the chop back)
Think it is quite pot bound which seems to have reduced the leaf size, leaves are only as big as my thumbnail and just now its getting the flower stems.

Quick phone pic

Image
cotinus by tattoo442000, on Flickr
Author:  corin [ 23 May 2012, 22:24 ]
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the best one ive ever seen is owned by harvey carapella in Rochester NY

featured many times in International bonsai magazine


just done a google image search for it and on page 13 there is a pic of our own jerry norbury !!!
Author:  treesavage [ 23 May 2012, 22:44 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'
Gwen Potter wrote:
Treesavage - have a look at the other topic live at the moment by NickB.


Cheers Gwen, I bumped his post for that reason, hopefully he will come on and give us a update.

Thanks for the info Tattoo, Mine has some very small leaves so far, see what happens in a few months.

Thanks Corin, I did check google images, must have missed Jerry.

I found this tho http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... ZSRVBzydZ4
Author:  NickB [ 24 May 2012, 07:56 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'
The trunk on my regular Coggy is amazing. I'm leaving it to put out some decent growth this season before I can do any work, as it was only dug up in the Autumn. The new leaves appear to be much smaller and are lovely light green tinged with red. Its back budding well all over the trunk.

Of course, it helps if you have one growing in the garden already. I will try and get a photo up later.
Author:  Gwen Potter [ 24 May 2012, 18:11 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'
I think the examples available from garden centres would take eons to form a large trunk. An old garden specimen would be much better as you have found Nick.
Author:  NickB [ 24 May 2012, 20:27 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'
Exactly, Gwen. The 'Garden-Dori' is probably my favourite source of raw material.
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