Humm, seems to me that sumac would be sumac whether bought mail order or dug
up
as long as it had enough of a root system to it to get established.

Elaine in Ga
Zone 7b
"Ron Hardin" wrote in message
...
Elaine wrote:

Hey that's the best kind...FREE! Go dig some up.
In the spring I always carry a shovel with me. If is it not protected and
is
a native plant to your area that is. Also doesn't have a no-trespassing
sign
around or happens to be a wildflower project!

I bet you can't transplant sumac easily, as it spreads mostly by spreading
runners, so is living off some other nearby plant system rather than by
its own roots.

Smooth Sumac is what I planted right next to the south wall of the house,
for shade in the summer and a pleasant shadow pattern. Being a
lightweight
tree, it doesn't hurt the house.

On the other hand, it tends to break or have leaf die-offs rather easily,
leaving you with a sunny patch in your shade pattern for a year or so.

I planted bare-root sumaclettes from a mail order nursery. I don't know
where they get them.

Little offshoots are constantly trying to come up in the lawn, by the
dozens.
They get scythed down regularly but remain undiscouraged. (I scythe the
lawn
rather than mowing, just as a hobby. Mowing would work too.)

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Ron Hardin


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