Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'
(Smoke Bush 'Royal Purple')
Family - Anacardiaceae
Category - Shrub
Origin - Raised in the Netherlands
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - 4m or more
Width - up to 5m
Location - The Hot Garden
Description: Medium to large-sized Deciduous Shrub with an upright, spreading habit. Attractive rounded to oval leaves emerge deep maroon-red in spring and deepen to rich, dark purple. Small, inconspicuous flowers are pale beige and produced in airy panicles from early to midsummer. Pink, fluffy hairs produced within the inflorescence provide the distinctive smoke-like appearance from midsummer onwards. The foliage turns a brilliant shade of scarlet-red in autumn.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Additional common name - Smoke Tree 'Royal Purple'
Flower:
Small beige, star-shaped flowers are produced in loose panicles from June into July. Pink fluffy hairs produced beneath the flowers develop and give an attractive smoke-like appearance to the inflorescence from July into August.
Flower colour: Beige
Flower shape: Star-shaped flowers in panicles
Flowering time: June, July
Foliage:
Rounded to oval leaves emerge deep maroon-red in mid to late spring and then deepen to rich, dark aubergine-purple. The foliage then turns vibrant scarlet-red in the autumn before dropping. The leaves are Alternately arranged on the stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Orbicular (rounded) to oval
Autumn Colour: Red
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.