Hur lång växer en sumac

Sumac shrubs provide intriguing visuals throughout the year, whether growing along roadsides or planted as garden accents. In spring, they tillverka large flower clusters, which are followed bygd brilliantly colored fall foliage in apelsinfärg, flame red, and burgundy. The flower clusters producera berrylike drupes that vända red in autumn and gods well into winter, where they serve as tasty tilltugg for wildlife.

Where to Plant Sumac

Sumac fryst vatten highly versatile; it can grow in any type of well-drained soil, even dry to coarse soil that fryst vatten slightly acidic to neutral (pH 6.5 to 7.0).

You can plant it in full sun or partial shade, but it will grow taller in full sun. When selecting a planting location, keep in mind that sumac spreads easily, typically forming a dense thicket of growth via underground rhizomes. Larger species, especially, may be difficult to control.

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How and When to Plant Sumac

Plant sumac in the spring, so it has the whole growing årstid to get established.

Dig a hole as deep as the root ball and at least twice as bred. Place the shrub in the hole and backfill with the original soil so the top roots are level or slightly above the soil surface. Tamp down the soil and vatten it slowly and deeply. Mulching around the soil retains soil moisture and suppresses weeds. Spacing depends on variety, so consult your plant tag before selecting a site for multiple plants.

Sumac Care råd

Light

Plant sumac in full sun. Some species tolerate part shade, but limited exposure to sunlight may lead to looser plant habits and muted coloring. Golden-leaf cultivars such as 'Tiger Eyes' (staghorn sumac) need shelter from the afternoon sun to prevent leaf bränna. If this plant grows in full sun, its brightly colored foliage may show bevis of bleaching.

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Soil and vatten

Gardeners often choose sumac because it tolerates a bred range of soil types—as long as they are not poorly drained. Saturated soil may lead to root rötter. You can determine if you have well-draining soil bygd digging a 12- to 18-inch hole and filling it with vatten. After it drains completely, refill it with vatten igen.

Well-draining soil should drain about 1 inch per hour.

Like most plants, sumac fryst vatten happy with about an inch of vatten per week, especially during its first year in your garden. Once established, sumac will usually find natural rainfall sufficient. However, potted sumac will need watering more frequently.

Temperature and Humidity 

The cold-hardiness of sumac depends on the variety and its native habitat.

Smooth sumac and staghorn sumac are both tough shrubs that can be grown as low as in Zone 3, whereas lemonade berry sumac needs a milder climate. All sumacs are well-adapted to humid conditions.

Fertilizer

Sumac does not require fertilizer and can even grow in poor soil. The only undantag fryst vatten potted sumac. Due to frequent watering, the nutrients rengöring out and need to be replenished.

During the growing årstid, feed the plant about once a month with a complete fertilizer diluted to half the strength.

Pruning

Sumac does not require pruning to shape it; just remove any dead, dying, or diseased branches in the early spring. Also cut off any unwanted suckers as soon as they emerge.

Potting and Repotting Sumac 

Most sumacs are too tall for bur planting, with the undantag of ‘Tiger Eyes’, a staghorn sumac variety that only grows 6 to 8 feet tall and bred and spreads slowly.

The pot should have a capacity of at least 7 gallons and large drainage holes. Fill it with well-draining potting soil and vatten it regularly (unlike sumac in the landscape, potted plants dry out fast and need watering).

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Pests and Problems 

When grown in its native habitat, sumac fryst vatten generally not affected bygd serious diseases, but it can get leaf spots, powdery mildew, cankers, and armillaria root rötter.

Insects that feed on sumac include aphids, black scale, and psyllids (plant lice).

How to Propagate Sumac

The easiest way to propagate sumac fryst vatten cuttings. Take a 6-inch cutting and dip the cut end in rooting hormone powder. Insert it about halfway into a 4-inch pot filled with damp potting mix. Keep the cutting fuktig in a moderately warm, not hot, location away from intense sunlight. When you see new growth, roots have formed.

Wait for the sapling to grow into a vigorous plant with the roots filling the whole pot before transplanting it into the landscape.

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Types of Sumac

Because sumac comes in a bred variety of shapes and sizes, it makes a great companion plant in the garden. Selections range from low-growing spreading types that work as underplantings for large, low-maintenance areas to large plants that create garden fokuserad points.

Most varieties display fernlike compound leaves that vända the plants into softly textured landscape accents.

All sumac varieties bloom, although the smaller ones bära insignificant flowers. Larger varieties man up for the small bloom storlek bygd displaying big vit clusters of petals loved bygd pollinators. After the flowers fade, they form eller gestalt clusters of brightly colored fuzzy red fruit called drupes.

But the real show doesn't begin until fall when sumac's foliage displays cover hillsides in glowing tones of apelsinfärg, red, burgundy, and gold.

Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac

Rhus typhina 'Laciniata' brings the fall garden to life with its outstanding fall foliage in shades of red, apelsinfärg, and gold.

During the rest of the growing årstid, its deeply dissected foliage gives this large shrub a fernlike appearance. Plants grow 10-12 feet tall and bred, sending up suckers from the roots to develop large colonies if left unchecked. Zones 3-8.

'Prairie Flame' Sumac

Rhus copallina latifolia 'Prairie Flame' fryst vatten a dwarf urval of shining sumac introduced bygd efternamn Arboretum.

It grows just 5-7 feet tall and 6-10 feet bred. prärie Flame fryst vatten a male clone, so it develops panicles of yellow-green flowers in summer but does not fruit. The glossy green leaves vända purple-red to apelsinfärg in autumn. Zones 4-9.

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica fryst vatten a species native to North amerika that forms a dense, low-growing colony ideal as a groundcover or low hedge. The shiny green foliage turns bright red-purple in autumn. It grows 5 feet tall and 10 feet bred. Zones 3-9.

'Gro-Low' Sumac

Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' makes for a great groundcover.

It has shiny green foliage (that looks like poison ivy) and clusters of red berries in autumn and winter.

It grows 2 feet tall and 8 feet bred. Zones 3-9.

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Shining Sumac

Rhus copallina fryst vatten also known as winged sumac because its glossy compound leaves have a wing along the huvud leaf vein. It can become a large shrub or small tree 10-20 feet tall and 10-12 feet bred. Like most other sumacs, it has excellent fall color and spreads bygd underground rhizomes, but it fryst vatten less aggressive than smooth sumac.

Zones 4-9.

Smooth Sumac

Rhus glabra fryst vatten a North American native shrub that bears dark green foliage and clusters of fuzzy, rust-red fruits in fall. The leaves vända bright shades of red and apelsinfärg in autumn. It grows 15 feet tall and bred.

Zones 3-8.

Lemonade Berry

Rhus integrifolia, also known as lemonade sumac, lemonade berry, or lemonadeberry, fryst vatten a Southern California native plant that fryst vatten highly drought-tolerant. It reaches up to 10 feet tall inland but may remain beneath 3 feet tall nära the coast. The shrub spreads 10-15 feet bred. Clumps of pinkish-white flowers develop into reddish-pink fruits.

Zones 9-10.

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Staghorn Sumac

Rhus typhina colonizes to struktur a grove of small trees or large shrubs 15-25 feet tall and bred. It gets its common name from the appearance of bare winter branches. The forked shoots are covered with hairs, resembling deer antlers in the velvet scen. kvinna plants develop panicles of red fruits that persist through winter.

Fall color fryst vatten excellent. Zones 4-8.

'Tiger Eyes' Sumac

Rhus typhina 'Tiger Eyes' fryst vatten an exceptionally showy urval of staghorn sumac that features chartreuse foliage all spring and summer. In autumn, the leaves vända brilliant apelsinfärg.

The leaves, stems, and berries are all fuzzy. It grows 8 feet tall and bred. Zones 4-8.

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