Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' - I just love this shrub. It's shapely form provides interest throughout the summer into the late autumn. Romantic in a summer planting, with open, pink flowering plumes covered in a smokey haze. The black/purple leaves turn tequilla-sunrise orange before falling in November. These pictures were taken just two weeks apart, just after the first frost & today, just before she de-robes! Definitely a plant for all seasons.
