| Description | Lo-Grow Sumac (Rhus aromatica) is a short, wide spreading, low growing cultivar of Fragrant Sumac. |
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| Pronunciation | (rhoos)(a-ro-MAT-ik-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 2-6 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | average, dry once established |
| Soil & Site | prefers slightly acid, very adaptable. |
| Flowers | polygasmous-dioecious with yellow flowers (female) occurring in short panicles and male flowers in catkins |
| Fruit | red fuzzy drupe |
| Leaves | trifoliate, glossy on upper surface, lower surface pubescent, green during the growing season and reds to orange fall coloration |
| Dimensions | 2 feet tall with a spread of up to or over 8 feet, space shrubs 4-6 foot on center. Once established this is a fast growing shrub. |
| Maintenance | This can be sheared down low, every year to every other year to keep it compact. By pruning back hard the central leader, the plant can be kept less than a foot. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | Originated in the Synnesvedt Nursery , Glenview, Illinois. |
| Author's Notes | I have used this shrub in very difficult sites and has proven worthy to the task. An extremely good shrub for stabilizing eroded areas. If there is any problem with the plant it takes a few years to fill in and isn't a very attractive plant in the pot. there are 2-3 roundabout I drive through that have this shrub mass planted in the center and they thrive. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) |
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