'Gro-Low' aromatic sumac (Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low') landscape
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'Gro-Low' aromatic sumac (Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low') Landscape

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csivley223 wrote:
Is this Gro-Low sumac poisonous to horses if they eat it. - Trying to find a ground cover for a pond that horses will be drinking out of. The back side of the pond is about 15 -20 feet high and we are loosing some of the dam due to lack of sufficient ground cover. We seeded with red clover, but it has not taken hold yet. Need plant that will not be poisonous to our horses.
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provision studio wrote:
Looking for source for Raleigh/Durham - Anybody know a local source in the Raleigh, NC area? I have about 50 linear feet of frontage of a 42" high embankment that I'd like to plant....So i'm thinking I'm going to need a minimum of 10...possibly 15+ plants....
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What Houzz contributors are saying:

Becky Harris added this to Great Design Tree: Staghorn Sumac
"Prostrate and low-grow sumacs make wonderful ground covers," says Broek. "Cutleaf (Rhus typhina 'Laciniata’) and tiger eyes sumacs have intricate colorful foliage and fill in to form gorgeous thickets."Shown here: Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' has a pleasing fragrance.

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lydesigns added this to lydesigns' ideas
Looks like poison ivy/ possibly growing in ferns st Dbk’s?
Thurston D. Gill Jr. added this to Thurston D.'s ideas
Last but not least is a sumac. No, not the poison kind — this is 'Gro-Low' sumac (Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low', zones 3 to 9), and it's not poisonous in the least. Grow it for its glossy blue-green leaves, buttery-yellow spring flowers, fuzzy red fruit in late summer and fire-engine-crimson fall color. This plant is one tough cookie and grows great in shade, but it picks up steam faster with sun and heat — the first place I saw it was a parking lot. And as if all that weren't enough, its parent plant is native to the entire eastern half of North America.
DJ Smithson added this to deb_smith23's ideas
Gro-Low sumac, zones 3-9, chokes out weeds, silver-blue, yellow flowers, red berries, fall color
mignonnedc added this to Wish List
Ground cover that chokes out weeds
Sharon Childs added this to Ground Covers that defy weeds
Gro-Low' sumac (Rhus aromatica): not poisonous in the least. Grow it for its glossy blue-green leaves, buttery-yellow spring flowers, fuzzy red fruit in late summer and fire-engine-crimson fall color. This plant is one tough cookie and grows great in shade, but it picks up steam faster with sun and heat

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