Tropical style tree - Easy to grow - Edible red flowers.

Stag's horn sumach is an easy, tropical looking tree for UK gardens, grown peat-free in Wales.

Rhus Typina grown for its tropical apearance, large red summer flowers followed with orange - red leaves and Autumn berries. Reaching 5 meters tall, Sumach is a deciduous, suckering plant. You will often find they grow in numbers together and can spread over time creating a fuller appearance. The leaf stalks and stems wear a thick coat of fine, rust-coloured hairs. The velvety texture and the forking pattern of the branches.The fruit of sumacs are edible. Soak and rinse them in cold water, strain and sweeten, and you have a lemony drink known as sumac-ade. The same liquid can be turned into jelly, too. You can also grind the dried berries to make sumach poweder for food seaoning. Young shoots can be eaten raw once they're peeled. Every part of the plant apart from the roots can be used as a natural dye, and also as a mordant to help the colour take. The Autumn leaves can also be dried and smoked. 

Frost hardy - Deciduous - Suckering flowering tree

Flowering: June - September

Berries - September - December

Height: Up to 30cm tall

2 Litre Pot

Grows well in a sunny position in dry soil. Will look great in flower beds, borders, pots and rockeries.  

Sumach is a generally low maintanance plant, however you may want to top it up with some fresh soil in the early spring to keep your plant healthy. Also trim back any dead branches in early spring, and cut back any unwanted suckers that pop up from the ground.

 Grown Sustainably in Wales

All of our plants are grown locally at our Wenvoe nursery using sustainable practices: peat-free organic soil, rainwater irrigation, and zero pesticides or herbicides. All plants are shipped in recycled pots within 48 hours once ordered. Good for your garden, good for the planet.

• Easy to grow
• Fast growing
• Tropical appearance
• Summer flowers
• Autumn berries
• Edible plant

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