Staghorn Sumac Bonsai
Is staghorn sumac poisonous.
Staghorn sumac bonsai. Its fruits contain high doses of vitamin c and tannin compounds. Japanese wax tree rhus succedanea trained by hiroshi takeyama fuyo en bonsai garden omiya bonsai village japan. It is also encountered as a tree 25 35 in height and 6 12 in diameter. The leaves are alternate and pinate and the fruit is borne as a dense cluster of deep crimson dry berries at the top of the tree.
The museum is temporarily closed to help stop the covid 19 outbreak. The staghorn sumac rhus typhina is a deciduous ornamental grown largely for its stunning orange and red autumn foliage and hardy in sunset s climate zones a1 to a3 1 to 10 14 to 17 and 31 to. There are several ornamental forms of sumac for planting in the garden landscape including staghorn sumac cutleaf sumac fragrant sumac and smooth sumac. The staghorn sumac is commonly shrubby occurring in small groups from root suckers.
Staghorn sumac fruits can be used to prepare lemonade all that has to be done is to prepare a decoction from the fruits. Physical address not for mailing. Staghorn sumac while very common isn t dangerous. Also makes a striking bonsai.
I think you re wise in waiting a bit to see what the new growth does. I would tend to want to focus on developinng a wider lower trunk and nebari but that s just me. The staghorn sumac is commonly shrubby occurring in small groups from root suckers. Hirta staghorn sumac or stag s horn sumach is a species of flowering plant in the family anacardiaceae native to eastern north america.
The tangy acidic taste gave the tree its other common name. It is also encountered as a tree 25 35 in height and 6 12 in diameter. The dark red fall foliage and fruit make this fast growing tree a valued ornamental. 2017 pacific bonsai museum.