
Malosma laurina
Laurel Sumac
Plant family: Anacardiaceae - Sumac	Rating:
Plant type: Shrub
Plant origin: N/A, California

Container	Add to My List	Price
Fifteen Gallon	* *	99.99
One Gallon	* *	12.99
24 inch box standard	* *	259.99
Five gallon - Natural	* *	34.99

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Flower Color

White

Blooming Season

Spring

Height

5-15 feet

Spread

10-15 feet, Spreading

Sun / Shade

Monthly Water

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Wildlife Friendliness Rating

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Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub
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Decomposed Granite
Special Characteristic
Hedges and Screens

Plant Highlights

This plant is a large evergreen shrub and has beautiful shiny dark green foliage. The new growth leaves show red before maturing to the dark green. Small white flowers appear in clusters in the spring. This is a very fast growing plant but check your low temperatures before planting as Sumac will not tolerate frost. It is good for informal hedges or screens, or at the back of a perennial native garden.

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Comments

	Two landscape examples showing versatility. One shows low sheared hedge option (behind firewood pile), the other free to grow 15'tall almost as wide. Don't know if photos will post....
	Posed by: Barbara Korb, on Dec 14 2019 4:07PM	Rating:
	Post:#51

	I live in Orange foothills, and this shrub makes an excellent screen / hedge. Fast growing, tolerates pruning and shearing quite well. Some plants (not from Moosacreek) are temporarily affected with a bacterial wilt, use safe pruning practices, to not spread the disease.
	Posed by: Barbara Korb, on Nov 21 2019 8:50AM	Rating:
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	Posed by: Green Thumb, on April 20, 2010 at 8:05 am	Rating:
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	Posed by: Green Thumb, on April 20, 2010 at 8:05 am	Rating:
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Malosma laurina

Laurel Sumac

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Posed by: Barbara Korb, on Dec 14 2019 4:07PM

Posed by: Barbara Korb, on Nov 21 2019 8:50AM

Posed by: Green Thumb, on April 20, 2010 at 8:05 am

Posed by: Green Thumb, on April 20, 2010 at 8:05 am

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