Royal Purple Smokebush

This selection produces a combination that almost no other shrub can match, rich maroon foliage all summer, long-lasting cloud-like smoky pinkish flower plumes that appear to float above the leaves, and vivid red-purple fall colour that rivals the best Japanese maples.

• Rich maroon leaves emerge in late spring and hold their deep colour through summer
• Long-lasting small cloud-like pinkish flower plumes appear above the foliage, the 'smoke' effect that gives the genus its name
• Leaves turn vivid red-purple in fall, one of the richest fall colours of any deciduous shrub
• Upright vase-shaped habit gradually becomes oval with age