Ask Mr. Smarty Plants

First, our focus and expertise at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center are with plants native to North America.   Quoting the Wildflower Center Mission:

"The mission of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is to increase the sustainable use and conservation of native wildflowers, plants and landscapes."

Second, it isn't possible to attach photos to the questions to Mr. Smarty Plants so we don't know what your tree looks like.  So, in guessing what you did order from the name you gave, maybe I will also find what you received in your order.  Here are some possibilities for the tree you ordered:

• Perhaps, it is Cotinus coggygria (Smoketree), a native of Southern Europe and Asia.  Here are more photos and information from Missouri Botanical Garden.

• Maybe it is Buddleia x 'Purple Haze Lo and Behold' that I found at several nursery sites.  This one is from Nature Hills Nursery and is a non-native hybrid cultivar.

• Buddleja madagascariensis (Smokebush) is native to Madagascar, but isn't purple.

• Jacaranda mimosifolia (Blue jacaranda), native to Central and South America, is sometimes called Purple Haze.

None of these trees are North American natives and certainly the tree you received is very unlikely to be a native tree or shrub either since you ordered it from a magazine ad.  Since it is unlikely that you have a native plant, we are not the people to identify it for you since our specialty is North American natives.  We do have links to several plant identificatiion forums on our Plant Identification page that will accept photos of plants for identification.  I would suggest the UBC Botanical Garden Plants: Identification as the forum to start with.   To have the best chance of identifying your tree/shrub you will need several photos:  1) the entire plant; 2) closeup photos of leaves and how the leaves are arranged on the branches;  3) photos of flowers if it is bloom—both a photo of the branch with the flower on it and a closeup of the flower;  4) fruits, if there are any on the tree.  Be sure the photos are in good focus and are high-resolution images.  Also, read "Important Notes" at the bottom of our Plant Identification page.