American Smoketree

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Botanical Name: Cotinus obovatus
Height: 10 - 15 feet
Spacing: 8 - 10 feet
Depth: Same as in nursery. Plant with stain on roots just below soil level.
Spread: 10 - 15 feet
Light Required: Full sun.
Color: Pink
Foliage: Medium green to blue-green.
Blooms: Late Spring
Zone: 4 - 8

Form: Deciduous. Upright, spreading, open bush.
Flower Form: Feathery lime-green flowers become airy pink plumes.
Soil Requirements: Well-drained, loamy soil.
Growth Rate: Medium growth rate. 1 - 2 feet per year.
Size: 1/8 inch.
Comments: A beautiful and highly decorative shrub wherever it is used in the landscape. In June - August seed heads develop into huge fluffy clouds of smoky pink (hence the name) and are prized for their delicate flower-like display. If it gets too tall or open it can be cut back to ground-level when necessary to induce compact new growth. A hardy and trouble-free shrub with multiple uses in the garden.

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Most times, orders having items with different shipping schedules are held in full until the entire order is ready to ship based on your grow zone.

Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country using the shipping timeframes outlined below. We continually monitor weather conditions for extreme hot or cold and adjust shipping schedules as needed. Due to hot weather conditions, we are unable to ship most plant items in July and August.

Spring 2019 Shipping Schedule for Plants
Zones	Annual Vegetable Plants	Potatoes	Sweet Potatoes
1A-4A	5/13/19 - 6/21/19	3/25/19 - 6/14/19	5/20/19 - 6/7/19
4B	5/13/19 - 6/21/19	3/25/19 - 6/14/19	5/20/19 - 6/7/19
5A	5/13/19 - 6/21/19	3/4/19 - 6/14/19	5/13/19 - 6/7/19
5B	5/13/19 - 6/21/19	3/4/19 - 6/14/19	4/29/19 - 6/7/19
6A	5/13/19 - 6/21/19	3/4/19 - 6/14/19	4/29/19 - 6/7/19
6B	5/13/19 - 6/21/19	3/4/19 - 6/14/19	4/29/19 - 6/7/19
7A	5/13/19 - 6/21/19	2/25/19 - 6/14/19	4/29/19 - 6/7/19
7B	4/15/19 - 6/21/19	2/25/19 - 6/14/19	4/29/19 - 6/7/19
8A & B	4/15/19 - 6/21/19	2/18/19 - 6/14/19	4/22/19 - 6/7/19
9A & B	4/15/19 - 6/21/19	2/11/19 - 6/14/19	4/22/19 - 6/7/19
10A & B	4/15/19 - 6/21/19	2/11/19 - 6/14/19	4/15/19 - 6/7/19
Last Order Date	6/17/2019	6/10/2019	6/3/2019

Zones	Onion Plants	Fruit Trees	Bareroot Roses
1A-4A	4/1/19 - 5/10/19	4/1/19 - 6/21/19	4/15/19 - 5/31/19
4B	4/1/19 - 5/10/19	4/1/19 - 6/21/19	4/15/19 - 5/31/19
5A	3/25/19 - 5/10/19	3/18/19 - 6/21/19	4/1/19 - 5/31/19
5B	3/25/19 - 5/10/19	3/4/19 - 6/21/19	3/18/19 - 5/31/19
6A	3/4/19 - 5/10/19	3/4/19 - 6/21/19	3/4/19 - 5/31/19
6B	2/25/19 - 5/10/19	3/4/19 - 6/21/19	3/4/19 - 5/31/19
7A	2/18/19 - 5/10/19	2/11/19 - 6/21/19	2/25/19 - 5/31/19
7B	2/11/19 - 5/10/19	2/11/19 - 6/21/19	2/25/19 - 5/31/19
8A & B	1/28/19 - 5/10/19	2/11/19 - 6/21/19	2/18/19 - 5/31/19
9A & B	1/7/19 - 5/10/19	2/11/19 - 6/21/19	1/21/19 - 5/31/19
10A & B	1/7/19 - 5/10/19	2/11/19 - 6/21/19	1/21/19 - 5/31/19
Last Order Date	5/6/2019	6/17/2019	5/27/2019

Zones	Tropicals & Houseplants	Large Bareroots, Trees & Shrubs	All Other Perennials & Potted Plants
1A-4A	4/29/19 - 6/21/19	4/1/19 - 6/21/19	4/29/19 - 6/21/19
4B	4/29/19 - 6/21/19	4/1/19 - 6/21/19	4/29/19 - 6/21/19
5A	4/29/19 - 6/21/19	3/18/19 - 6/21/19	4/1/19 - 6/21/19
5B	4/29/19 - 6/21/19	3/4/19 - 6/21/19	3/18/19 - 6/21/19
6A	4/29/19 - 6/21/19	3/4/19 - 6/21/19	3/4/19 - 6/21/19
6B	4/29/19 - 6/21/19	3/4/19 - 6/21/19	3/4/19 - 6/21/19
7A	4/1/19 - 6/21/19	2/11/19 - 6/21/19	2/25/19 - 6/21/19
7B	4/1/19 - 6/21/19	2/11/19 - 6/21/19	2/25/19 - 6/21/19
8A & B	4/1/19 - 6/21/19	2/11/19 - 6/21/19	2/18/19 - 5/24/19
9A & B	4/1/19 - 6/21/19	2/11/19 - 6/21/19	2/11/19 - 5/24/19
10A & B	4/1/19 - 6/21/19	2/11/19 - 6/21/19	2/11/19 - 5/24/19
Last Order Date	6/17/2019	1A-7B:6/17/19 8A-10B: 6/3/19	1A-7B:6/17/19 8A-10B: 6/3/19

Additional Shipping Notes:

The type of product you order or the weather in our area to yours may affect the anticipated shipping schedule, shifting earlier or later, depending.

Trees and shrubs are kept in the nursery row until full dormant for optimum stress protection.

In all cases, we choose the fastest, most efficient way to send your orders via the U.S. Postal Service or FedEx. Large orders or large items may be shipped to you in multiple packages.

Sorry, we cannot ship products to Hawaii, Alaska, APO/FPO or outside the contiguous United States. Please provide a street address as some products are unable to be delivered to Post Office boxes.

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