Fragrant Sumac

4

• Yellow

80 cm-100 cm

175 cm-200 cm

• Full Shade
• Full Sun
• Partial Sun/Shade

• Average to Dry Soils
• Moist to Average
• Well-drained

• Attracts Birds
• Attracts Butterflies
• Attracts Pollinators

• Medium

• Green

• Deer Resistant
• Rabbit Resistant

• Berries
• Deciduous
• Drought Tolerant
• Fall Color
• Fragrant
• Fruit
• Low Maintenance

• Early Spring

• Mounding
• Spreading

• Border/edging
• Naturalizing
• Woodland/woods edge

• Rhus aromatica grows best in a slightly acidic, fertile soil and full sun, however, it will tolerate dry or compacted soils, partial shade, and other urban conditions.

• Of special value to many native pollinators. The 'aromatic' in the species name refers to the leaves and stems rather than the flowers. Berries are traditionally used by indigenous peoples to make a tart, lemonade-like beverage rich in vitamin C.  The dried berries can be ground and used as a spice in dishes. While male flowers (catkins) and female flowers appear on the same plant (monoecious), they also can appear on separate plants (dioecious). Male catkins form in late summer and persist throughout the winter, eventually blooming in the spring. Female flowers appear in the summer, changing in late summer to small clusters of hairy red berries which may persist into winter.