Add bold color and unique texture to your landscape with this 12-inch tall Royal Purple Smoke Tree, shipped in a 1-gallon pot and ready to plant. Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ is prized for its rich reddish-purple foliage that maintains its striking color throughout the growing season. In summer, airy pinkish-purple smoke-like flower clusters create a dramatic display above the foliage, giving the plant its popular name. As autumn arrives, the leaves transform into brilliant scarlet-red shades, providing exceptional seasonal interest. Perfect as a specimen plant, privacy screen, or landscape focal point, this hardy ornamental shrub grows into a stunning small tree or large accent shrub.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Royal Purple Smoke Tree plant
✔️ Height: approximately 12 inches tall
✔️ Shipped in 1-gallon pot
✔️ Healthy, rooted plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information
Common Name: Royal Purple Smoke Tree
Botanical Name: Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’
Plant Type: Deciduous ornamental shrub/tree
Growth Stage: Young established plant
Sun Requirements: Full sun for best foliage color
Soil: Well-draining soil; adaptable to various soil types
Watering: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
Mature Height: 10–15 feet
Growth Rate: Moderate
USDA Zones: 4–8
Container Friendly: Yes, when young

Care Tip: Plant in full sun to maximize the rich purple foliage color and encourage abundant smoke-like blooms. Prune in late winter or early spring to maintain shape and promote vigorous new growth.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.