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Products > Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'
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| Category: Shrub |
| Family: Anacardiaceae (Sumacs, Cashew) |
| Origin: Europe, Southern (Europe) |
| Red/Purple Foliage: Yes |
| Flower Color: Pink |
| Bloomtime: Spring |
| Synonyms: [Rhus cotinus, C. coggygria 'Kromhout'] |
| Height: 12-16 feet |
| Width: 10-15 feet |
| Exposure: Sun or Shade |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Deer Tolerant: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: < 0 °F |
| May be Poisonous (More Info): Yes |
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Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' (Purple Smoke Tree) - This deciduous shrub has foliage that emerges a rich maroon red in the spring and darkens to purplish red by late summer. Airy puffs of purplish hairs surround the flowers which begin appearing in late spring and early summer. The 'smoke puffs' are created by large, loose clusters of fading flowers - as the tiny greenish blossoms fade, stalks of sterile flowers elongate and become clothed with fuzzy purple hairs. This shrub can grow to about 20 feet tall, and to 12 feet wide. It does best in full sun to part shade and is drought tolerant. It is hardy to around -25 degrees F (rated to Sunset zone 2 and USDA 4a). This is the darkest of the purple smoke trees with rich red purple fall color in cool climates - we also previously grew the cultivar 'Velvet Cloak' which has a slightly smaller leaf and lacks the fine but distinct pink leaf margin that the leaves of 'Royal Purple' have. This cultivar was selected by Lombarts Nursery in Boskoop, Holland and was first introduced into the U. S. in 1953. It received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 1993. The species is native to a large area from southern Europe, east across central Asia and the Himalayas to northern China. Both the name for the genus and the specific epithet come from ancient Greek names for plants, the genus from 'kotinos' which was used for the wild olive and coggygria from 'kokkugia', the name used for the Smoke Tree.
Information displayed on this page about Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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