Rhus trilobata
From California Natives Wiki
Species Name: Rhus trilobata
Common Name: Basket Bush, Skunkbush
- Bright red fall color. Beautiful red berries in summer beloved by birds. Very attractive hedge or low sprawling shrub. Regular garden care.
- Plant Family: Anacardiaceae
- Plant Type: Shrub
- Height by Width: 3-5' H x 4' W
- Growth Habit: Sprawling to upright
- Deciduous/Evergreen: Winter deciduous
- Growth Rate: Moderate
- Sun Exposure: Full sun to part shade
- Soil Preference: Well-draining
- Water Requirements: Drought-tolerant to moderate
- Cold Hardy to: 15 degrees F
- Flower Season: Spring
- Flower Color: Pale yellow
- Endangered?: Not listed
- Distribution: Widely distributed throughout the Western states
- Natural Habitat: Slopes, washes, shrubland
- Care and Maintenance
- History
- Introduced into cultivation in California by Theodore Payne.
- From California Native Plants, Theodore Payne's 1941 catalog: "Diffusely branched deciduous shrub of spreading habit with pretty deeply cut leaves which turn red in the fall. very desirable for dry banks and hillsides. Gallon cans, 50c."
- Other Names
- References
- Bornstein, Carol, David Fross, and Bart O'Brien. California Native Plants for the Garden. Los Olivos, CA: Cachuma Press. 2005.
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