Name: Purple Smoketree
Scientific Name: Cotinus coggygria Purpureus
zone: 5 to 8
plant height: 10-15 feet
light requirements: full sun
soil & water preferences: grows well in well-drained soils.
Growing Instructions:
1. Scarification: pour boiling water over seeds, let seeds stand in water for 12 hours; an alternative is filing/sanding through the outer coat of seeds and soak seeds in water for 12 hours
2. stratification: warm stratify for 60-90 days (at 60 Fahrenheit) and cold stratify for 150 days
3. germination: sow seed 1/8" deep, tamp the soil