| Scientific Name: | Cotinus coggygria |
| Common Name: | smoke bush |
| Family Name: | Anacardiaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Fall interest, Screening |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Obovate, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Thyrse, Yellow, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, green to dark purple (cvs.), ovate to obovate, most blades 5-10cm long x 3-7cm wide, glabrous, pale on lower surface, margin entire, most petioles 2-3cm long; florets 4-5mm wide, in a panicle-like inflorescences 15-20cm long, pinkish to dark purple with smoke-like appearance in summer; drupes flattened, 2-4mm long, at the end of fluffy pedicels. Winter ID: buds ovoid, pointed, 1-2mm long; lenticels and 3 prominent bundle scars, pedicels and a few persistent fruit may be present. | |