Sumac Bonsai Tree

I think you re wise in waiting a bit to see what the new growth does.
Sumac bonsai tree. They are often considered weed trees with large compound leaves. Sumac s make great yard trees in colorado since they are very hardy. The leaves and twigs are fragrant when crushed or damaged a feature that lends the plant its common name. Fruit clusters are long and tight and covered with the same velvety fur.
List of key staghorn tree facts. Its forked branches are covered with furry rust red colored hairs much like a stag s antlers. Sumac bonsai i like unusual and bizarre plants and often use them to create unique bonsai. Name rhus typhina family anacardiaceae type shrub.
I can t find any information on sumac bonsai. Height 16 feet 5 m exposure full sun soil ordinary. It has trifoliate with three leaflets medium green leaves that turn orange red and purple in autumn. I think the sumac has great potential for a beautiful bonsai especially with those leaves.
The dwarf 6 foot tall and equally wide sumac s ferny chartreuse spring leaves become bright yellow in summer before assuming scarlet or orange autumn shades. What do you guys think. I look forward to following the progession of this one. Staghorn sumac also called vinegar sumac is a short tree that grows in a roundish shape.
Fragrant sumac is a dense low shrub that readily spreads by suckers to form thickets. Pollinated female plants produce red. The common sumac is a large shrub or small tree which can be found growing native throughout north america and other regions of the world. I would tend to want to focus on developinng a wider lower trunk and nebari but that s just me.
I am currently growing it inside because it is very smokey outside where i live and i got worried about the wood smoke affecting it. It is sometimes known as sweet scented sumac. Staghorn sumac rhus typhina is a small tree with branches that spread to make a small rounded crown. 9625 surface hill rd mint hill nc 28227.
Foliage deciduous flowering june to august. If your looking for an unusual bonsai tree why not try a sumac or two or three of them.