Staghorn Sumac Beauty and Management
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2020
- Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina) is a beautiful and vigorous plant to grow. Here Jennifer shows you what we do with some of the suckers and how they aren't a problem for you, but instead are beneficial to the soil food web. Birds love this plant and the berries are edible to you too so it's a great one to plant. The rainbow colors in the fall are a knockout too!
So today I went out to Niagara Falls. As we were walking, I stumbled upon a tree that had one bud on it. It appeared to be a Staghorn Sumac bud.
Half of it seemed dried out / dead. I picked it off the tree, and brought it home with me. Unfortunately, I didn't take a picture of it, but it looked something like the picture I included in this post (FYI, I just grabbed a random, Google searched image of "Staghorn Sumac").
Anyways, I didn't pick the seeds out or anything of that nature. I literally just brought it home, put it in a pot with soil, and watered it. Then I placed the pot in my cold frame.
Just wondering how likely I am to get a sprout. I placed the bud approximately 4-6 inches below the soil level. I probably should've looked for the seeds, and separated them. But....I didn't. Anyways, I'm starting to think that the seeds will just sit in the soil, and will stratify naturally come winter 2024, in my cold frame.
Unless anybody out there reading this thinks it may sprout this spring.
Thoughts?
Whew. That's a good question. We've never planted a bud of sumac before so we cannot offer an opinion. The seeds definitely need stratification . Root cuttings seem to be the norm for cuttings. Let us know what happens. Good luck!
What I have noticed with sumac is that it will concentrate and remain in roughly four foot square elements elevated above root layers or hardwood runners along a mounded ridge line. What seems to keep them in edges where I am mulching out are either similar sized patches of switch grass or lines of large narrow leaf plantains. The plantains take the understorey along tne edge bottom between two elevated ridges of these sumac. It's soft for several years and trimmed for mulch. The lower edges can then be mounded boulder or rock line along ridge edge over corrugated cardboard to smoother edge growth.
Sounds like you have a lovely planting!! :)
@@thecommonmilkweed found some root stock by chance behind a Muffler shop. A bit of undisturbed soil layers a ridge over gravel. Am digging and chopping root bits and mulch out of about an acre patch before they develop the site. I'll take the roots and shoots. Am layering to mimic their conditions.
That sounds absolutely fantastic!!! Thanks so much for saving them. We need more people in the world like YOU!
@@thecommonmilkweed am noticing that. These plants seem to come up around wild bee relaxation surfaces. There are mint varieties also that same to border and bind well with sod layers of switch grass. Bees seem to burrow it and farm it all. A means perhaps to stage edge and boundary sumac range.
Sounds like a bee nesting colony. They love exposed soil! :)
Would anyone happen to know how large the root systems get on a moderate size (maybe 3-4ft high) plant? There are several in an open lot growing wild and I'd like to transplant one come winter.
You can start staghorn sumac by root cuttings so if you get a good chunk of root, you will have sumac. :)
If one volunteered within 10 inches from the base of my foundation, could it cause property damage?
I have no idea. If you are nervous, you can dig them up and move them. :)
Do you know if these plants can be grown in a pot? I have a small garden and I don’t have enough space for it :(
I don't know because we've never tried it. We try anything though so why not? ;) In a pot, they might die over winter if it's real cold, but they need to go dormant so a sheltered spot might work. Let us know how it goes if you try it.
I managed to plant the tree in a pot. It is doing well so far, it has new leaves and branches. I will come back with updates after the first winter 😃