Royal Purple Smoke Tree - August 2024
Another note to self about Fall Planting: just look at this Royal Purple Smokebush. Talk about 'easy'. I put it in the ground late last year - very late - at the end of October . And, have mostly forgotten about it. Today? It is more-than-doubled in size and is doing its dark-foliage thing. I watered this a little bit this Summer and was always struck by the SOUND watering it made. The foliage is different than other leaves and has water run-off of it almost like tyvek. The house wrap. Weird comparison, I know. But, that's the best I one that came to mind. Water sort-of 'beads' on the leaves and then drops down to the mulch. Here, below, is how it looks currently at the end of August: We didn't get any of those 'clouds' of seedheads (yet), but that's ok. This is probably 15-to-18-inches tall right now, so it has plenty of height left to grow into. That means it will get us a little bit ...