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Common Name: | Sumach |
| Scientific Name: | Rhus | |
| Family: | Anacardiaceae | |
| Origin: | widely distributed in temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, E. Asia and N.E. Australia | |
| Leaves: | attractive, alternate, which may be simple, pinnate or palmate, turns brilliant shades of yellow, red or orange in autumn |
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| Flowers: | inconspicuous, usually 2 mm across, borne in spring or summer in terminal, normally erect, ovoid or conical to pyramidal panicles, produce male and female flowers on separate plants |
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| Fruits: | spherical, usually red | |
| Light: | full sun to obtain best autumn color |
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| Soil: | moist but well-drained, moderately fertile soil |
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| Fertilizer: | not needed if soil if soil is fertile |
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| Air humidity: | normal |
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| Watering: | freely |
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| Transplanting: | some species may become invasive; separate when dormant |
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| Dimensions: | depend on pruning |
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| Propagation: | sow seed in a seedbed in autumn; root semi-ripe cuttings in summer, or insert root cuttings in winter |
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| Life: | perennial |
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| Pests and diseases: | prone to coral spot and Verticillium wilt |
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| Species and varieties: | R. aromatica, R. chinensis, R. copallina, R. cotinoides, R. cotinus, R. glabra, R. potaninii, R. x pulvinata, R. succedanea, R. trichocarpa, R. typhina, R. verniciflua |
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| Tips: | grow in a shrub border or woodland garden or as specimen plants; in frost-prone areas, grow tender species in a cool greenhouse |
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| Hardness: | fully hardy to frost tender |
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