Scientific Name:	Cotinus coggygria
Pronunciation:	KOTT-ih-nus kog-GIG-ree-uh
Common Name:	smoke bush
Family Name:	Anacardiaceae
Plant Type:	Shrub - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Smoke-like appearance; leaves alternate, green to dark purple (cvs.), oval to round, pale on lower surface; flowers small, in panicles, dark purple; drupes small, at the end of fluffy pedicels. Winter ID: buds pointed; lenticels and bundle scars (3) prominent.
Course(s):	AARB 1012, HORT 1155, Level 3 Apprenticeship, CLT Training

Habit: Open, Spreading, Upright Form: Round Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 3 - 5m Spread: 4 - 5m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Europe, Garden origin Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Low Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Fall interest, Screening Additional Info: Google. Cultivars shown or on campus may include C.'Purpureus' and C. 'Royal Purple'.

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Dark-red, Green Colour in Fall: Dark-red Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Obovate, Ovate Apices: Emarginate Bases: Cuneate Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Panicle Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, Yellow Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: Jun, Jul

Fruit Type: Drupe Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Aug, Sep Additional Info: Not showy

Bark Morphology: Lightly fissured, Plated Bark or Stem Colour: Grey, Brown     Leaf Bud Type: Ovoid Leaf Scar Shape: Heart shaped

Propagation:	Seed, Cuttings
Pest Susceptibility:	Deer resistant, Drought resistant, Scale insects, Rust, Wilt

Location(s): (BUG) BUG garden : cv. Royal Purple (ONW) Overpass North side West : sp. and cvs. Purpureus, Royal Purple Location Map

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