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How To Grow Fragrant Sumac Or Rhus Aromatica
29.08.2023 - 02:59 / gardeningknowhow.com / Teo Spengler
If you haven’t been exposed to fragrant sumac, prepare for a delightful surprise. This native plant is a low-growing deciduous shrub. It forms thickets in nature via underground rhizomes, grows from a compact crown, and spreads wide thanks to its sprawling branches.
This sumac variety bears both male and female flowers in summer. The male catkins remain on the branches all winter long. Female flowers are pretty and produce clusters of red berries that attract wildlife. The shrub’s main ornamental value comes from deep green leaves that burn glorious shades of red, orange and purple in fall.
Why “fragrant” sumac? The foliage as well as the twigs exude a powerful fragrance when bruised. It attracts wildlife of all kinds including butterflies and luna moths. The berries are beloved by the turkey, ruffed grouse, robins, and flickers, as well as small mammals like raccoons, possums, and chipmunks.
As a native shrub, aromatic sumac requires little care and no coddling. This tough plant is extremely tolerant, accepting sun or partial shade, moist or dry soils as long as they are well-drained, and accepts drought, erosion, rabbit nibbling, raccoon, opossum, chipmunk activity, and can tolerate black walnuts growing nearby. Once dormant, it can survive temperatures down to -25 degrees F.
The fragrant sumac is quite tolerant when it comes to water and light, as is frequently typical for opportunist native shrubs. You can grow this workhorse shrub in full sun or in partial shade, although don’t site it where it will get more than 6 hours a day of direct sunshine. Irrigate regularly but infrequently.
Fragrant sumac grows readily in almost any well-drained soil. But don’t fudge on the drainage; it will develop root rot in too-wet soil. No
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