Re: Rhus aromatica
- Subject: Re: Rhus aromatica
- From: C* P* L*
- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 00:10:05 -0500
> I am considering a planting of Rhus aromatica, in part for the
> red berries. 'Lo Gro' is described as a female, but I have
> never heard of a male pollinator. Is one needed? Is there one marketed
> or do you just buy a bunch and hope?
Hi Lisa,
As I understand it, the true 'Gro-Low' is a female cultivar, but there
are a lot of imposters out there that are monoecious (having both
male and female flowers).
You can usually tell by looking at the flowers -- the males appears
as catkins (and the spent catkins persist for quite some time), and
the females appear as yellow clusters.
Your best bet is probably to plant Gro-Low with the straight species
or another cultivar to try and ensure fruit production, but that's
just an educated guess.
Anyone out there have any better advice? :)
Chris
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