Sumac - Cutleaf Staghorn

$18.95

Cutleaf Staghorn has no serious insect or disease problems. Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac, Rhus typhina 'Laciniata', is an attractive cutleaf plant that can be used as an accent or in mass plantings. Plant massed for stabilizing embankments or for hard-to-cover areas with poorer soils or for naturalizing in wild areas. It forms a wide spreading shape at maturity. Grows best in average, dry to medium moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. The finely divided, green foliage turns a beautiful orange and scarlet-red in fall. Fruit clusters persist through the winter, providing some colorful interest and this fruit is attractive to wildlife. This xeriscape sumac cultivar is a large, open, spreading shrub or small tree which typically grows 18 feet tall and 12-15' in width. ... more information

Rose of Sharon-Jeanne DArc Larger flowers may be obtained by pruning back hard to 2-3 buds in early spring. Excellent flowering shrub that may be massed, planted in groups or used as a specimen. Leaves are diamond-shaped, dark green, slightly palmate and toothed. This plant really requires no pruning, unless you need to remove a dead or damaged branch. Otherwise, prune to shape. Long, early-summer to fall bloom period.