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 GERMINATION Seed requires a scarification prior to sowing. 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