PlantsShrubs & Vines
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
Fuzzy stems, red spires, and a colony if you let it
EasyShrubs & VinesAlso Flowers
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry–medium
- Mature size
- 10–15 ft
- Spacing
- A colony
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jun–Jul
- How it spreads
- Colony by suckers
- What to buy
- A container plant, away from the house.
- When to plant
- Apr or Sep
In the design
Same job as smooth sumac, fuzzier stems, very Chicago. Alley screen. Not a courtyard plant.
