#61
Accession Number: 0061-0000
Common Name: Smoketree
Latin Name: Cotinus coggygria
Family: Anacardiaceae (Sumac Family)
Native Range: Temperate Asia, Europe
Height: 10–15 feet
Spread: 10–15 feet
Bloom Time: May to July
Bloom Description: Panicles of insignificant yellow flowers whose long, wispy stalks turn into smokey pink or purplish feathery puffs in summer
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5
Light Preference: Full sun
Water Needs: Medium
Notes: Works well as a specimen or accent plant, in shrub borders, as an informal hedge, and around the home; tolerates deer, drought, and clay soils
Description: Smoketree, sometimes called Smokebush, is an upright, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub. Although it produces very small, insignificant yellow flowers in the spring, the common name actually comes from the spent flowers, with elongated stalks bearing long, feathery hairs, which appear as fluffy, smoke-like puffs that turn pink in the summer. Many have bluish-green rounded leaves, although selections and cultivars are available with bronze-red, deep purple, and even bright chartreuse-green leaves. Fall color is variable, but can exhibit yellows, oranges, reds and purples.
