Dwarf Flameleaf Sumac {Rhus copallina cs} Landscapers Select |Year-Round Beauty | 30+ seeds Free Shipping!

 

Genus:

Rhus

Species:

copallinum

Family:

Anacardiaceae

Life Cycle:

Woody

Recommended Propagation Strategy:

Root Cutting

 

Fire Risk Rating:

low flammability

 

Wildlife Value:

This plant provides nectar for pollinators. It is a larval host plant 

for Red-Banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) which has two broods a 

year from April-October. It is also a host plant for the Luna moth.  

Butterflies and bees nectar at the flowers.  Its fruits are eaten by 

songbirds, white-tailed deer, opossums, wild turkey, and quail.  

Its bark is eaten by rabbits.

 

Play Value:

Attracts Pollinators

Wildlife Food Source

Wildlife Larval Host

Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):

fire in the landscape. Heat and drought tolerant.

Dimensions:

Height: 7 ft. 0 in. - 15 ft. 0 in.

Width: 10 ft. 0 in. - 20 ft. 0 in.

Whole Plant Traits:

Plant Type:

Native Plant

Shrub

Tree

Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:

Deciduous

Habit/Form:

Erect

Rounded

Spreading

Growth Rate:

Medium

Maintenance:

High

Texture:

Medium

Cultural Conditions:

Light:

Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)

Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)

Soil Texture:

Clay

Loam (Silt)

Sand

Shallow Rocky

Soil pH:

Acid (<6.0)

Neutral (6.0-8.0)

Soil Drainage:

Good Drainage

Moist

Occasionally Dry

 

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:

4a, 4b, 5b, 5a, 6b, 6a, 7b, 7a, 8a, 8b, 9b, 9a

Fruit:

Fruit Color:

Black

Red/Burgundy

Display/Harvest Time:

Fall

Winter

Seed - best sown in a cold frame as soon as it is ripe. Pre-soak the 

seed for 24 hours in hot water (starting at a temperature of 80 - 90c 

and allowing it to cool) prior to sowing in order to leach out any 

germination inhibitors[200]. This soak water can be drunk and has a 

delicious lemon-flavour. The stored seed also needs hot water treatment 

and can be sown in early spring in a cold frame[200]. When they are 

large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and 

grow them on in the greenhouse for their first winter. Plant them out into 

their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last 

expected frosts. Cuttings of half-ripe wood, 10cm with a heel, July/August 

in a frame. Root cuttings 4cm long taken in December and potted up vertically 

in a greenhouse. Good percentage of suckers in late autumn to winter.

 

Fruit Type:

Drupe

Fruit Description:

Clusters of 1/4 inch dark red drupes that are covered with short hairs. 

Each drupe contains a smooth stone and persists through the winter, 

gradually becoming black.

 

Flowers:

Flower Color:

Gold/Yellow

Green

White

 

Flower Inflorescence:

Panicle

Flower Value To Gardener:

Showy

 

Flower Bloom Time:

Fall

Summer

Flower Shape:

Star

Flower Petals:

4-5 petals/rays

Flower Size:

< 1 inch

 

Flower Description:

1/8 inch greenish-yellow flowers with 5 petals in terminal 3-6 inch panicles 

from July to September. Often occurs as separate male and female plants 

(dioecious). Blooms from July to September.

Leaves:

Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:

Deciduous

Leaf Color:

Gold/Yellow

Green

Leaf Value To Gardener:

Showy

Deciduous Leaf Fall Color:

Red/Burgundy

Leaf Type:

Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)

Leaf Arrangement:

Alternate

Leaf Shape:

Lanceolate

Leaf Margin:

Entire

Hairs Present:

Yes

Leaf Length:

3-6 inches

Leaf Width:

1-3 inches

 

Leaf Description:

Large compound, odd-pinnate leaves up to 12 inches long with 9-21 oblong-lanceolate, 

shiny dark green leaflets up to 4 inches long. Margins are entire, base rounded and 

apex sharply pointed. Central leaf stalk is winged between the leaflets. Undersides 

paler with a few hairs. The leaves turn flame red in autumn.

Bark:

Bark Color:

Light Brown

Surface/Attachment:

Scaly

Smooth

 

Bark Description:

Its bark is smooth and light brown with numerous lenticels when young.  Large, thin 

scales develop as the tree ages.

 

Stem:

Stem Color:

Brown/Copper

Red/Burgundy

Stem Is Aromatic:

No

Stem Buds:

Hairy

Stem Form:

Zig Zags

Stem Leaf Scar Shape:

C-shaped, Cresent shaped

Stem Lenticels:

Conspicuous

Stem Surface:

Hairy (pubescent)

Stem Description:

Stem is speckled with lenticels and covered with fine, velvety, 

reddish-brown hair. Buds are small, rounded and hairy, leaf scars u-shaped.

 

 

Landscape Location:

Coastal

Naturalized Area

Slope/Bank

Landscape Theme:

Butterfly Garden

Native Garden

Nighttime Garden

Pollinator Garden

 

Design Feature:

Hedge

 

Attracts:

Bees

Butterflies

Moths

Pollinators

Small Mammals

Songbirds

 

Resistance To Challenges:

Drought

Erosion

Fire

Poor Soil

Problems:

Weedy