Bare Root Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)

Bare Root Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)Hardy, deciduous North American shrub Description: Wide spreading, irregularly branched shrub with large, compound leaves; deep green leaflets have glaucous undersides and turn striking shades of orange, yellow, and purple in fall; 4 8, pyramidal flower panicles in summer become clusters of brilliant red, astringent, edible fruits Habit: Grows 15 25 feet high and spreads via suckers and seedlings into thickets to 30 feet wide Culture: Prefers full sun

He planted as many as 50 'Albemarle Pippin' in the South Orchard at Monticello between 1769 and 1814

Publisher: Smithsonian Books

beautiful mahogany to bright red-orange and purple fall color

These are nursery-propagated plants

Garden tulips were introduced into Europe from Turkey by the mid 1500’s and made their way to the New World with the first Dutch colonists

He considered the species useful in rock gardens

Blue Star was likely not cultivated as a garden plant until the mid-1800s

" presumably referring to the formidable switches or stems

Native to the boreal forests of North America

and was brought to America by the Quakers in the 1790s

early blooming period with a late ripening period (typically late October/November)

was first recorded in the 1770s as A