General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: usually 10 to 15 feet
Plant Spread: 10 to 15 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Summer
Suitable Locations: Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree
Uses: Flowering Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Dioecious

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Common names
  • Smoke Tree
  • European Smoketree
  • Smoketree
  • Eurasian Smoketree
  • Venetian Sumach
  • Dyer's Sumach
Also sold as:
  • Nordine Red

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Location: Addison, Illinois
Date: June-July of the 1980's
young specimen in a huge nursery

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Comments:
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Jul 8, 2021 9:11 AM concerning plant:
    This purple-leaved cultivar was developed at Morton Arboretum and is so similar to 'Royal Purple,' and holds the red-purple color well into the summer, though hot temperatures do lessen the brilliance of the red-purple pigments (anthocyanin) on most woody plants. It is supposed to be a little more cold hardy than the other purple-leaved cultivars.

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