Add dramatic color and multi-season interest to your garden with Dusky Maiden Smoke Tree, a compact ornamental shrub prized for its rich burgundy-red foliage and stunning fall color display. Smaller and more refined than many traditional smoketree varieties, Dusky Maiden features rounded leaves with gently undulating edges that develop their deepest burgundy tones when grown in full sun.

As autumn arrives, the foliage transforms into brilliant shades of golden yellow, orange, and scarlet red, creating a spectacular seasonal display. Its compact size makes it an excellent choice for smaller landscapes, mixed borders, foundation plantings, cottage gardens, and ornamental specimen plantings. Easy to grow and low maintenance, this colorful shrub delivers year-round landscape appeal. These healthy plants are shipped established in 4 inch nursery pots and are ready to thrive in the garden.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Dusky Maiden Smoke Tree
✔️ 4 inch pot plant
✔️ Burgundy foliage ornamental shrub
✔️ Healthy, rooted landscape plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Dusky Maiden Smoke Tree
• Botanical Name: Cotinus coggygria ‘Dusky Maiden’
• Plant Type: Deciduous ornamental shrub
• Growth Stage: Established potted plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil: Well-draining soil; adaptable to various soil types
• Watering: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
• Mature Height: Approximately 5–8 feet
• Mature Width: Approximately 5–8 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 6–8
• Container Friendly: Yes, when young and properly maintained

Care Tip: Plant in full sun to achieve the richest burgundy foliage color and the most vibrant fall display. Prune lightly in late winter or early spring to maintain shape and encourage 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.