BG Store | Purple Smoketree, Cotinus coggygria atropurpurea, 20 Seeds (Fast Showy, Fall Color)

Purple Smoketree, Cotinus coggygria atropurpurea, 20 Seeds (Fast Showy, Fall Color)Purple Smoketree is a deciduous, upright, loose-spreading, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows 10 to 15 feet tall and as wide. The purplish brown stems have a waxy bloom when young and develop thin blocky light gray bark as they grow older. The leaves are dark purple, ovate to obovate to 3 inches long. They are borne alternately on long stems and have parallel veins and rounded or notched tips. In the fall, they turn bright shades of yellow, orange, purple and red. The actual flowers are inconspicuous little yellowish green blossoms that appear in spring on branching, 6 to 8 inches long, terminal panicles.