Cotinus coggygria

• BOTANICAL NAME: Cotinus coggygria
• PRONUNCIATION: co-TINE-us co-GIG-ree-a
• COMMON NAME: Smokebush
• FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
• NATIVITY: Southern Europe
• GROWTH HABIT: Upright, loose and open, single or multi-stemmed.  When pruned can develop long straggly shoots.  Deciduous.
• SIZE: 10 to 15' (height) by 10 - 15' (spread).
• HARDINESS: Zone 5 - 8.
• CULTURE: Well-drained , moist soil. Full sun. Will tolerate dry and rocky conditions
• LANDSCAPE USE: Use in shrub border or as a specimen.  Excellent fall color.
• FOLIAGE: Alternate, rounded leaf with a long petiole.  Bluish-green in summer arranged in a whorl around the stem.
• BUDS: Small with a subtle halo around the base of the bud on the stem.
• BARK: Newer stems are purple, older stems are light gray.
• FLOWER: Showy 6-8" panicle resembles "smoke", hence the common name.
• FRUIT: variation; fruit
• PROPAGATION: Seeds and cuttings.
• PESTS: Occasional canker-generally not fatal.
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