Cotinus coggygria ‘Purpurea’ will flourish in various conditions but thrives best in a well-drained soil under full sun exposure. The soft purple foliage deepens in colour throughout summer, particulary in sunny locations, and in autumn it transitions to a brilliant orange. During mid to late summer, tiny pink flowers grow from the end of a long stalk, looking like a plume of smoke. Cotinus coggygria is deciduous and native to a large area from southern Europe, east across central Asia, and the Himalayans to northern China.