Mike maɪk<p>Coccum ‘scarlet dye’ is probably behind the name of a most interesting plant <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/InMyGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InMyGarden</span></a>. On bright days the sun shines thru its purple leaves & they appear scarlet. It’s the ‘cotinus coggygria’, a variety of Smoke Bush. Earlier in the summer it was in flower, like smokey puffs rising in the hot air. I love its dark charcoal leaves edged with red. <br />The name ‘Cotinus’ goes back to proto-Greek days, maybe a wild olive tree in Iron Age S. Europe.</p><p><a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Cotinus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cotinus</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/SmokeBush" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SmokeBush</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/GayGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GayGarden</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Gardener" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gardener</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/coccum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coccum</span></a></p>