Can anyone identify this shrub.

[muff13]

Hi

I have a shrub in my garden which I cannot identify (we recently moved house) I shall have to move it as is is getting crowded out where it is just now. It is about 30" tall at present and I wonder how much more it will grow. Hopefully there are some photos of it to follow. The first should be of the shrub, the second a close up of the leaves and the third showing a spent flower - the flower was a creamy colour.

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[Answerprancer]

I think it's a sumac

[boxtops]

Answerprancer's right. It has lovely furry covering on the young branches, when I was little it reminded me of a reindeer's antlers. It's a lovely tree and it has reddish racemes as I recall. I do think my father had a problem with suckers from the base - but now you know what it is, you can look it up. Ours was about 8ft tall and the spread about the same.

[jomifl]

definitely a sumac. They put up suckers from the roots if you prune them and more suckers if you prune the suckers. I used to use weed killer on the suckers, it seemed to do the job without harming the 'parent' plant.

[muff13]

Thanks to all - it is great to know what the shrub is as it has driven me mad not knowing as I have looked in various books etc to try to find out. Mine does not seem to be putting up suckers, but will try to move it and see what happens

[rowanwitch]

Rhus typhinus although I think it may have been renamed recently common name as stated above is the sumach

[Buzzardist]

Take care not to leave any root when you move it. I did this 6 years ago when suckers were shooting through my lawn 15 metres away. Got rid of them all, so I thought, but this month discovered it quietly growing again in another part of the garden. It's a bit of a Triffid!