According to Mr. Falconer, in the Country Gentleman, this grows much faster than the European Rhus Cotinus.

It is one of the rarest of American plants, for though long ago discovered and described by Nuttall as Rhus cotinoides, it has only just found its way into cultivation. Mr. Falconer says:

"Our largest plant is 6 feet high, of pyramidal form, very branchy, and 6 feet in spread of branches. We have several plants, now two years planted, and they seem to be hardy enough; in some cases the tips of the young wood get winter-killed. Its slender branches and narrow leaflets are in striking contrast to that of the stout limbs and large leaves of our common black walnut or the English walnut".