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What Is This Shrub?

A shrub with reddish leaves.Can anyone identify this shrub? It has oval shaped maroon/burgundy colored leaves and is about 4 feet tall. It is currently planted in a partly shady spot in very wet, clay soil. This may be why it is sparse and not full. I would like to move it to a full sun location in soil with no clay. I need some advice. Thank you in advance for all replies.

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A shrub with reddish leaves.
 

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August 3, 20210 found this helpful
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It looks like a young Lagerstroemia- Better known as a Black Diamond shell pink Crape Myrtle. This is a young one , the foliage is a rich deep burgandy color and produces pink or white flowers. Because this is a young one, it may take 3 to 5 years to flower.

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August 3, 20210 found this helpful

If no one here knows send the pictures to your local cooperative extension center.

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November 29, 20210 found this helpful

Hello !
I think it could also be a Cotinus coggygria, possibly it is the royal purple type. There are different types of Cotinus coggygria, some are american native some are european and China native, but it's been many centuries since the european types also grow in America.

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The difference with a lagerstroemia is that most Cotinus coggygria are shrubs with a rough bark when I do not think that you can make a lagerstroemia grow as a bush. It is a tree with an incredibly smooth bark. Your plant grows as a shrub, very divided right from its foot even if, as it seems on the picture, it had two branches cut right from the foot, it still keeps growing with the shape of a shrub not of a tree it has no main trunk. In any case lagerstroemia or cotinus coggygria they are both beautiful. Cotinus coggygria is cold and heat resistant, grow fast and accomodates to poor soil. I think you could cut one of the leaves of your plant and go to a plant nursery to compare it to lagerstroemia or cotinus sold there. Leaves veins and shape make the difference.

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