Scientific name: Cotinus coggygria

Common name:  smoke bush

Family name: Anacardiaceae

Useful cultivars and selections: Royal purple

USDA hardiness zone: 5

Mature height and spread: 3-5m wide and 7-8m tall

Form: Round, spreading

Water use: Moderate

Soil requirements: Well-drained

Leaf arrangement: Alternate. Simple.

Fall colour: Yellow, peach, purple

Flower/cone/fruit description: perfect panicle flowers (yellow; showy). Brown drupe.

Limitations: variable colour. Verticillium wilt.

Suitable uses: Great fall colour. Pink flowers and good for highways embankments and in sand.

Quick ID: Dec. Shrub. Alternate. Simple. Purplish stems and red petioles. Soft, smoke like inflorescence; unique feature.