Purple Smokebush

Gorgeous Purple Smokebush (Cotinus coggygria 'Purpureus') is an incredible and colorful shrub with dramatically reddish-purple new ovular leaves that are leathery and age to green with purplish overcast for the rest of the growing season. The Smokebush foliage might be remarkable, and so are its summer blooms! The smoke in Smokebush comes from the puffs of flowering stems that can be filled in inconspicuous yellow blooms covered in pinkish hairs.

The clouds of dainty flower puffs reach upward and outward in plumes of smoke-like clusters. These delightful flowering stems are smokey reddish-purple with hints of pink and violet, these wonderful puffs have a pleasant floral scent that will greet you when you arrive home or wake up in the morning to step out for your morning paper. Your pollinators will seek out these tiny blooms and provide you with an additional show!

Fast-growing Purple Smokebushes are wonderfully hardy throughout USDA hardiness zones 5 through 8 and grow 10-15 feet in height and 10-12 feet in width. The May to June blooms remain on the shrub for the rest of the growing season and occasionally produce seeds the birds love.

Planting and Application:

This shrub makes a fantastic specimen near your front entry or beside your property line. The deep purples and reds of the Purple Smoke Tree also make it a great plant as a privacy screen along the roadside or fence line. The reddish-purple of Smokebushes pair well with bright greens and yellows flowers and foliage plants alike! You'll create fantastically colored hedges and interest in your gardens as vivid backdrops and focal points!

Purple Smokebush may be a shrub, but you can train them into multi-stemmed tree forms! Creating a very unique and colorful specimen both in the ground and in insulated containers anywhere sunny. Adding a curious accent and conversation piece to your seating areas, porches, and patios, or even balconies to provide shade and interest all growing season. Pair with the larger Cooke's Purple™ Smokebush for varied heights in the garden.

• Smoke-Like Plumes of Reddish Purple
• Red to Reddish-Purple Foliage Ages Greener
• Pollinators & Vivid Color
• Train as a Multi-Trunk Tree Form
• Colorful Hedges, Specimens & Garden Focal Points

#ProPlantTips for Care:

This exciting plant loves to show off its unique colors in full sun where Smokebush develops the best color. They perform in a well-drained area of your yard. It thrives in almost any soil type and prefers moderate moisture. These ornamentals appreciate a 3-4 inch layer of arborist mulch year-round. Prune your shrub if needed in very early spring to shape and train.

• Full Sun
• Moderate Moisture Needs
• Well-Drained Enriched Soil
• Appreciates Mulch & Pruning in Very Early Spring
• Deer Resistant & Easy to Grow

Richly colored and whimsical, the Purple Smokebush is a spectacular addition to your landscape and adds bold color and great shape. Don't miss out on your opportunity to plant a statement piece in your landscape, buy one today!