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Sugar Bush, Rhus ovata

Sugar Bush, Rhus ovata September 13, 2006. Glendale Xeriscape Demonstration Library.

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Sugar Bush, Rhus ovata 2-28-2008. Flower Buds Getting Ready To Open	Sugar Bush, Rhus ovata 3-20-2008. Flower Buds Beginning To Open
Sugar Bush, Rhus ovata 3-20-2008. Open White Flowers	Sugar Bush, Rhus ovata Open White Flowers

Sugar Bush Rhus ovata, Sumac Family: ( Anacardiaceae ), Sugar Bush. Also called: Sugar Sumac. Sugar Bush is an eight foot evergreen shrub that can grow to twelve feet. Evergreen to semi-deciduous, large, open, and erect tree with delicate, oval-pointed leaves, requiring a large amount of water. In fact people in Lake Havasu area have had watering difficulty with this plant. Sugar bush likes sun and little or no water after established. The seeds of the Sugar Bush attract seed eating birds and other wildlife to your garden. Height: 8 to 12 feet, spread to 12 feet. Flowers: Large clusters of pink buds turning into cream flowers in late spring - summer. The flowers have red sepals and pinkish to white petals, both with ciliate margins, and occur in fairly dense clusters at the ends of branches. Flowering Time: March - May. Can also bloom after monsoon rains in late summer. Leaves: Leathery, fragrant, ovate, 2 4/5 to 4 inches long. Coriaceous and condulplicate. Bark: Brown to reddish-brown. Fruit: Fuzzy and red in clusters at the ends of the twigs, ripen in late summer and persisting into winter. Found: Origin, Southern California, Arizona, and northwestern Mexico. At 4,000 to 6,000 feet. Elevation: 850 to 6,000 Feet. Habitat: Landscaping. Considered a Xeriscape Landscaping plant. Sugar bush likes sun and little or no water after established.. Miscellaneous: Photos taken at September 13, 2006. Glendale Xeriscape Demonstration Library.