{"id":8630,"date":"2010-10-11T05:52:42","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T12:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8630"},"modified":"2010-10-09T01:32:08","modified_gmt":"2010-10-09T08:32:08","slug":"rhus-typhina-sumach-and-autumn-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/rhus-typhina-sumach-and-autumn-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhus typhina Sumach and Autumn Colour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Sumach \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5052069594\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4110\/5052069594_01ff6de17f.jpg\" alt=\"Sumach\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis autumn tinted, small tree, Sumac or Sumach is also called the &#8216;Stags Horn&#8217; or botanically Rhus typhina.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rhus Facts and Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Trees can grow up to 25 feet high, this specimen is only a third of that. Early pruning may have stunted the height and encouraged the large canopy.<\/li>\n<li> Branches fork freely and are covered with thick velvety hair when young.<\/li>\n<li>Leaves divide\u00c2\u00a0 into\u00c2\u00a0 narrow oval, toothed and softly hairy drooping leaflets. The leaves are bright orange and red \u00c2\u00a0 colours in autumn.<\/li>\n<li> Male flowers are greenish\u00c2\u00a0 and female are red  blooming on different trees<\/li>\n<li>The cone-shaped, dull red, hairy heads\u00c2\u00a0 remain on the tree throughout winter.<\/li>\n<li>Take care when touching the leaves and stems as the sap can be an irritant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See picture of Sumach <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/trees-and-shrubs\/rhus-typhina-stag-horn-sumach\/\">in spring<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This autumn tinted, small tree, Sumac or Sumach is also called the &#8216;Stags Horn&#8217; or botanically Rhus typhina. Rhus Facts and Tips Trees can grow up to 25 feet high, this specimen is only a third of that. Early pruning may have stunted the height and encouraged the large canopy. Branches fork freely and are covered with thick velvety hair when young. Leaves divide\u00c2\u00a0 into\u00c2\u00a0 narrow oval, toothed and softly hairy drooping leaflets. The leaves are bright orange and red&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/rhus-typhina-sumach-and-autumn-colour\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}