PlantFiles Pictures: Smoke Tree (Cotinus coggygria), 0 by hczone6

hczone6 wrote:
Interesting. This link shows one like his that is supposed to be royal purple: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/cocogr3.htm

And this link shows one like his that's labeled royal purple: http://www.waverlyfarm.com/catalog-plant.html?code=CTNCGRP

And here's a scan of the plant tag that came with mine...but mine appears more purple than the picture...always has appeared a deep purple. Maybe later in summer is gets more of a greenish tint in the hot sun? I'll have to watch it to see...but I don't recall it turning green at all last year.