Sumac Cutleaf Smooth

An exotic yet hardy shrub with stout, pithy stems and fronds of finely cut tropical-looking leaves, good texture effect, somewhat leggy; interesting upright spikes of red-purple fruit and brilliant fall colors; suckers vigorously, ideal for naturalizing.

Cutleaf Smooth Sumac is primarily grown for its highly ornamental fruit. The scarlet fruits are carried on showy plumes displayed in abundance from early fall to late winter. It has spikes of green flowers rising above the foliage from mid to late summer. It has green deciduous foliage. The deeply cut ferny pinnately compound leaves turn an outstanding scarlet in the fall.