Rhus chinensis

• BOTANICAL NAME: Rhus chinensis
•  PRONUNCIATION roos chi-NEN-sis
• COMMON NAME: Chinese Sumac
• FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
• NATIVITY: China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia
• GROWTH HABIT: Suckery, 2-4 stemmed shrub. Deciduous
• SIZE: 15'-25'
• HARDINESS: Zone 5 - 7
• CULTURE: Moist to dry soil (not wet).  Full to part sun.  Tolerates difficult conditions.  Will sucker if mulched.
• LANDSCAPE USE: Good for mass plantings along banks and roadsides.  Orange/yellow fall color. 
• FOLIAGE: stem. Alternate, pinnately compound with a winged petiole and rachis.
• BUDS: Pubescent, gray-brown with a C-shaped leaf scar.
• BARK: Pubescent, thick coarse stem.
• FLOWER: Dramatic yellowish-white flowers in August/September.
• FRUIT: Densely pubescent, orange-red drupe maturing in October.
• PROPAGATION: Seeds and cuttings.
• PESTS: None serious.
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