PlantsShrubs & Vines
Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
Red fruit and red fall color, on a plant that runs
EasyShrubs & VinesAlso Flowers
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry–medium
- Mature size
- 8–15 ft
- Spacing
- A colony, not a hole
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jun–Jul, red fruit after
- How it spreads
- Colony by suckers
- What to buy
- A container plant. Know that it will travel.
- When to plant
- Apr or Sep
In the design
A lawn coming out along an alley can become a sumac grove. Do not put it 2 feet from a foundation. Fruit is for birds.
