| Description | Grace Smoke Bush (Cotinus coggygria) has massive panicles of pink flowers along with the reddish foliage. |
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| Pronunciation | (ko-TI-nus)(ko-GIG-ri-a) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | full, part sun |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| 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. Grace has large pink panicles. |
| Leaves | young leaves are red, darkening to blue green, changing to red, orange and yellow in the fall |
| Dimensions | 15-20 feet high |
| Maintenance | can be pruned back hard |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | From a cross by Peter Dummer in 1978 at the Hiller Nurseries in Winchester, United Kingdom. Named after his wife (C.coggygria Velvet Smoke x C. obovatus) |
| Misc Facts | Cotinus from the Greek word kotinos, which is Greek for olive and coggygria from kokkugia, the Greek name. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) |
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