I have a beautiful 40+ yr.old staghorn sumac that was brought to NM from NE Iowa as a seedling. It is so oriental looking with the airy, fuzzy branches (? 'stag horn') & turns the most brilliant hues in Fall unlike most trees here in NM. It does have red seed heads that are sour tasting & am told early peoples used them to make a lemonade-like refreshing drink. Yes, it does put out suckers from the roots but I have so many persons wanting a tree like this one that I just dig the suckers & transplant them into containers for them to plant at their places. As vigouous as these 'upstarts' are, it is rather difficult to get one rooted though. I'd try these rooting rather than try & start from the seed though; I have never had any grow from the seeds that drop!

Hi i recently dug up 5 sumacs for at a friends place. I wasn't sure if i should only take the smaller ones, but ended up taking larger ones.I planted them early in the spring, before the buds got large & opened ( I think the end of april- as they leaf later that other tree's) The smallest one is approx 4 ft high, and the other 4 are 7-8 ft high. I just made sure that i got as much of the main root, and smaller of shoots as possible. Once planted i watered them every day for about 2 wks ( although one that i planted in out back yard- i never once watered after i planted it- and it even took), and the other 4 all took with no problems.I was very surprised. I had researched it for some time, checking out other garden sites etc on the web on their care, the positive's & negatives of planting them. The only draw back people advised me of that i also knoew about was the suckers you'd get. All the advise i've gotten is that they just cut them off with trimmers of the lawnmauer - and the sucker doesn't grow back.The suckers only needed to be delt with about once every year- and grow fairly close too the surface of the ground ( 6inches or so). They do need space too grow, but as long as your willing to put up with the suckers, and the care of these, sumacs do provide a nice accent too one garden.Great fall colour etc good luck

Certainly have staghorn sumac.....yes, we find it weedy here; but I try to recall that the definition of a weed is "a plant out of place." What would suit you, in terms of amount & size?

all you need.. is to apply it to the cambium layer ... the thin green line.. just under the bark ... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=cambium+layer&t=ffcm&iax=images&ia=images i use the applicator at the link to use minimal product .... it is possible that it will sucker.. just snip those and put a drip on the snip ... the goal is minimal product use ... i would just cut it to the ground.. apply such.. and walk away ... dont bother digging anything up ... imo .. return unused product to properly labeled container.. and rinse out applicator ... ken https://www.google.com/search?q=plochmans+mustard&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=XQTcUYCCC_OFyQGCg4DAAg&biw=1154&bih=805&sei=XwTcUbmZHZK4yAHD0oDYDw