Looks like my Royal Purple Smoke bush-Cotinus coggygria .

Pam

Cotinus leaves are more round. Possibly purple sandcherry.

The first thing I thought of was Lorapetalum... did it have pink flowers in the spring?

Carrie

Oops, giboosi, you're right. I have one of those too and get them mixed up!

Pam

I did an image search of the 3 suggested plants. It looks more like the Loropetalum to my(untrained)eye. This is my third summer walking by this thing(daily)and I've never seen any flowers. I'll try to remember to cut some leaves tomorrow and post a close-up of them. Thank you all for your responses.

Loropetalum chinense wouldn't survive in zone 3/4 correct?

HTH
Chris

Here is a link that might be useful: Chinese Fringe Flower

Well, I wasn't thinking(as usual)about zones, just looking at pictures :)
Anyway, here's a close-up of both sides of the leaves. Thanks again for the help.
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No scale, sorry...the largest leaf is 3 1/2" long. HTH.