| Description | Purple cultivar, maintaining good color through most of the summer. Fall color is reddish-purple. |
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| Pronunciation | (ko-TI-nus)(ko-GIG-ri-a) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, tolerates dry |
| Soil & Site | average, tolerates dry |
| Flowers | The flowers are rather ineffective. The ornamental value comes from the hairs that arise from the pedicles and peduncle of the flower forming the puffy effect. |
| Leaves | purple foliage through out most of the year, fall color is reddish-purple. |
| Dimensions | 10-15 by 10 to 15, size in colder regions is kept down by winter kill |
| Maintenance | In southeastern Wisconsin this plant can winter kill back to the ground. Next spring it will regrow. I have also read how people cut this back to the ground each year to encourage the new, fresh colorful growth. |
| Misc Facts | Cotinus from the Greek word kotinos, which is Greek for olive and coggygria from kokkugia, the Greek name |
| Author's Notes | This plant is to large to be used near a house. Best used in shrub border or berms |
| Notes & Reference | #1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr) |
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