Smooth SumacRhus glabraHeight: 10' average mature height Zones: 3-9 Find my zone Aspect: mostly sun to full sun Watering: needs little to no summer water once established, one or two deep watering cycles per summer Maximum Water: needs fairly well drained soil Habit: spreads quickly by the roots Foliage: deciduous Growth Rate: medium Native To: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY
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Smooth Sumac is an important winter food source for birds as the berries persist late into the winter when there is little else available, particularly when heavy snows bury ground-based food like insects and dropped seeds. Adding plants that produce winter berries to your landscape is one of the most important aspects to supporting birds through the winter as they rely on the calories and nutrition to maintain their body temperature during cold weather.
1 gallon 2 to 3 feet tall - $15.00 each
Bulk Pricing: $12.50 each for 5 or more - 17% off Bulk Pricing: $10.00 each for 10 or more - 33% off Bulk Pricing: $6.50 each for 100 or more - 57% off
Ships free with orders of $75!*Packed with a bagged root ball.
Production notes: in production most years but is unavailable in some due to limited seed/division material or finicky propagation Sumac trees are typically short in stature, up to about 15' tall but more commonly around 10' with large, tropical-looking leaves. They have a beautiful fall color and are an extremely low-maintenance landscape plant, thriving in most soil types and surviving extreme drought once established. Plants produce suckers to form clumps and should be given room to grow, they also establish quickly and will coppice readily making Smooth Sumac a good choice for a native chop-and-drop plant for soil building.
Sumac has male and female plants, with berries being produced only by the female trees. Several individuals should be planted together to have a good chance of having both male and female plants trees growing together for pollination.
The compound leaves are very large so the plants have very few twigs, making the plants very full and dense in the summer but will be very open in the winter after the leaves drop.
Rhus glabra - Smooth Sumac berries
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Rhus glabra - Smooth Sumac berries
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Rhus glabra - Smooth Sumac flower in summer
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Rhus glabra - Smooth Sumac foliage in summer
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Rhus glabra - Smooth Sumac fall color
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Packing Plants For ShippingWe pack our plants depending on the needs of each species and size, most plants ship best with the roots packed in moist sawdust or bark fines but some species don't like root disturbance and are shipped in a soil-less growing media. Excess soil is washed from the roots in preparation for shipping (18-24" White Pines)  Plants are bundled together to fit in boxes  Bundles of plants are secured in long boxes. Plant Sizes 3 gallon Dawn Redwood  Standard quart shrub  Standard 14-18" multi-stem tree size  Standard deep plug pine tree Bamboo Plants Are Shipped In Their ContainersBamboo roots are not flexible and so plants have to be shipped in their containers. These plants are heavier and are shipped separately from bare root plants. Because they are potted they can handle longer transit times so can ship via UPS Ground instead of USPS Air Mail. Potted plants can also be shipped year-round.We regularly top our 1 gallon bamboo plants at 24-30 inches tall throughout the growing season. This results in dense, bushy foliage while allowing for economical shipping. From this size most running species will grow to 5-6 feet tall in the first spring and clumping species will usually grow to 4-5 feet tall.  1 gallon bamboo plants strapped in and ready to be sealed. Unpacking Bare Root PlantsYou will be sent tracking details as soon as your plants are shipped. Unpack your plants as quickly as possible after they are delivered. We use two types of boxes, side-sealing and top-sealing. For boxes that are taped along the whole length you can cut the tape on either side and remove the plant bundles by cutting the tape holding the bundle to the bottom. For boxes that are sealed on the top and bottom, it is easiet to open the bottom of the box (the shipping label is at the top) and pull the bundle of plants out straight out. Check that the box is empty as there can be a second bundle of plants stuck towards the top. A bundle of trees. What if I am not able to plant right away?You can usually leave the plants in their shipping container unopened for 1-2 days if there were no shipping delays and you have received your plants from late November through February. Plants shipped when it is warmer can't stay in their packages for as long.For longer term storage of plants you can pot them up or plant them in rows close together temporarily and then pull them out later in the spring to be planted again. This keeps the roots moist while allowing for air flow to the tops. The roots should have good contact with the soil to ensure they have access to adequate moisture. |
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1 gallon 2 to 3 feet tall - $15.00 each
Bulk Pricing: $12.50 each for 5 or more - 17% off Bulk Pricing: $10.00 each for 10 or more - 33% off Bulk Pricing: $6.50 each for 100 or more - 57% off
Ships free with orders of $75!*Packed with a bagged root ball.
Production notes: in production most years but is unavailable in some due to limited seed/division material or finicky propagation
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