- Category:
- Flowering Tree
- Genus:
- Cotinus
- Species:
- x coggygria
- Cultivar
- 'Royal Purple'
- Common Name:
- Royal Purple Smoketree
- Height:
- 10 to 15 Feet
- Spread:
- 10 to 15 Feet
- Habit:
- Upright, open, usually multi-stemmed. Moderate growth rate.
- Zone:
- 5 to 8
- Culture:
- Full sun to partial shade.
- Flower:
- 6" panciles of small purplish-red flowers, give a smoke-like appearance. Late summer.
- Flower Color:
- Purplish-red
- Foliage:
- Foliage comes out rich maroon-red and darkens to almost purplish-red. Rich red-purple fall color. This is the darkest purple-leaved cultivar and the color does not fade.