Botanical Name: Cotinus coggygria
Common Name: purple smoke bush
Family: Anacardiaceae
Distribution/Origin: Mediterranean
Leaf/Bud: spring/summer foliage purple, autumn foliage deep red, plum color, simple, ovate, entire margin, multi-terminal bud
Flower: flowers after 2 years
Fruit/Seed: persistent seed-head
Stem/Bark: multi-stemmed
Size: height 10-15ft, spread 10-15ft
Habit: upright, spreading
Form: irregular, slightly mounded
Culture: shrub, color diversity
Landscape Use: creates color dynamic
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