Fragrant Sumac

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Rhus aromatica

Crush the foliage between your fingers, and experience the pleasant smell that gives Fragrant Sumac its name. This plant is fast growing, generally pest and disease-free, and drought-tolerant - suitable en masse as a ground cover, an excellent shrub for stabilizing banks and slopes. In the fall, glossy blue-green leaves turn shades of red, orange and purple. During the winter, when food sources are limited, birds may visit the plant to eat the berries, with the Spring Azure and the Red-banded Hairstreak using fragrant sumac as a host plant. 

Current Sale Size: 1 gallon pot

Shade Tolerance: Sun, Shade, Part Shade

Moisture: Dry Moist

Soils: Sandy, Rocky, Clay, Loam

Height:  6"-12'

Bloom Time: April-July

Color: Flowers - Yellow, Berries - Dark Red

Deer Resistant: High

Uses: Attracts Wildlife, Beauty, Naturalization, Bank Cover

Trees4Bees!: This plant has been specially selected by our staff in partnership with local entomologists to support native bees and other pollinators critical to the ecosystem and human food systems. A community pollinator survey revealed that trees may represent the bulk of floral resources in spring, supporting pollinators that then benefit relatively sparse woodland ephemerals and early spring crops. In the fall, woody shrubs support the hibernation of some cavity-nesting native bees and other pollinators.