Purple Smoke Tree (Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple') in the Smoketrees Database

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 Unusual foliage color Deciduous
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Pink
Flower Time:	Summer
Suitable Locations:	Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree Xeriscapic
Uses:	Flowering Tree
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees
Resistances:	Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds:	Self fertile
Pollinators:	Various insects
Containers:	Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous:	Tolerates poor soil Dioecious
Awards and Recognitions:	RHS AGM Other: 2005 Great Plant Picks Award Winner
Child plants:	one child plant

Common names

Purple Smoke Tree
Smoke Tree
European Smoketree
Eurasian Smoketree
Smoketree
Smokebush
Venetian Sumach
Dyer's Sumach

Also sold as:

Kromhout

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Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-10-26
Fall color

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Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2018-05-20

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-05-20

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Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2023-05-26

Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-07-11

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Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2021-11-06

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Location: Mid-Missouri, USA
Date: 2020-07-16
Started at 4" this spring, now over 2' and still growing

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Location: Central Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-08-27

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Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2018-06-11

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Location: In my garden, Falls Church, VA
Date: 2017-06-23

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Location: In my garden, Falls Church, VA
Date: 2017-06-23
New growth on trunk

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Location: IL
Date: 2014-07-08
Getting floppy.

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Uploaded by MaryDurtschi

Location: Addison, Illinois
Date: summer in 1987
specimen in a large, diverse nursery

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Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Date: 2015-05-09

Uploaded by Patty

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Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-06-27

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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-05-22

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Location: Mid-Missouri, USA
Date: 2020-07-12
Juvenile plant - only 20" tall

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Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2016-08-23
Right side leaves all dying and crispy, possibly from a boring be

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Location: My Garden London, England.
Date: 2014-09-28

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Location: Denver Metro, CO
Date: Spring 2007
Baby Smoke tree

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Location: my front yard just north of Atlanta GA. Full sun, southwestern exposure
Date: 2013-04-13

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Location: IL
Date: 2011-10-10
Before fall planting.

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Location: IL
Date: 2016-04-04
My attempt at coppicing the floppy beast.

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Location: IL
Date: 2016-07-15
After coppicing attempt, then more flopping, and hacking back a 2

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-04-19

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Location: Concord, NC zone 7
Date: 2016-03-17
Planted 2015. Budding leaves glow red in sunlight. Beautiful.

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Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 1 June 2013
Smoke bush flower on 1 June 2013.

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Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery

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Location: Mount Bethel, PA
Date: 2011-06-10
We have one on either side of the driveway next to Kousa Dogwood.

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Location: Chuelles, France
Date: 2016-05-16

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Location: Gainesboro, TN
Date: 2008-09-09

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Comments:

Posted by Skiekitty (Denver Metro - Zone 5a) on Jan 26, 2012 9:55 AM concerning plant:

This is an extremely hardy plant. My dog broke this plant completely to the ground & by the next spring, it was over 6' tall. Very leggy & ununiform growth however.

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