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Meet ‘Tiger Eyes Sumac’

Greenhouse Grower staff By Greenhouse Grower staff|October 6, 2008

Meet 'Tiger Eyes Sumac'

Bailey Nurseries recently introduced ‘Tiger Eyes’ cutleaf staghorn sumac as part of its First Editions plant line. ‘Tiger Eyes,’ which is completely sterile and grows to 6 feet high and wide, earned a Garden and Leisure Exhibition (GLEE) award last month.

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The plant’s new growth is a chartreuse, which quickly changes to a glowing yellow for the summer. Bailey says it is the only true yellow plant that doesn’t burn in the summer sun. Its leaf stems are a fuzzy purplish-pink. For fall, the colors change again to a combination of yellow, orange and scarlet.
 
‘Tiger Eyes’ is tolerant to Zones 4 to 8 and prefers full to part sun. It can be drought tolerant once established. For more information, visit www.firsteditionsplants.com or www.BaileyNurseries.com.

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Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:
September 27, 2011 at 4:21 am

I planted a tiger eyes sumac 2 years ago. It now has 3 huge limbs that spray out about 5 feet wide. There are no leaves on the bottom 2/3rds of the plant but have leaves on the top. How do I trim this so that it is more managable and fuller on the bottom? Thank you for any information.

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September 27, 2011 at 4:21 am

Hi There, I have a full grown 8′ tall Tiger Eye Sumac. It gets its fair share of sun, shade, and water. A couple of weeks ago, the leaves on one of its branches started wilting, so I watered and added a couple of hand fulls of bone meal to the base of it, but this did not help. Within a week all leaves have wilted and started drying out. The shrub is alive because there is a small green off-shout that is growing from the base of it that is still green. Is it dying? Can I do something to save it? Why did that happen? Any helpful tips will be much appreciated.

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Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:
September 27, 2011 at 4:21 am

Hi, I just purchased one of these today so I have no first hand knowledge. However I did read the tiger is susceptible to “die back” and drought can be a main cause of this, the drought period doesn’t have to have been recent,effects can take up to 3 yrs. To present themselves.

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Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:
September 27, 2011 at 4:21 am

I got my tiger eye in 08, when I first planted it,
O watered it, put mulce aroung it, it was beautiful. Then all of a sudder all the branches fell off and I thought I had killed it, but I let it go until the next year. In the spring I started to see a little life so I let it go. It came back great, but in the mid summer, aroung now, August, the branches started to fall off and it become bare and now it’s doing it again, is this normal and if not what can I do to help it stay pretty longer, It’s such a beautiful plant when it full I just wish it lasted longer. Thank for any help you can give me. Carol

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Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:
September 27, 2011 at 4:21 am

How do I get answers to the questions I am seeing?? I have a tiger eye sumac that is getting out of control and needs prunning. How do I prune this plant? In fact, there are three planted together. They look wild. What do I do??

Thanks

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Avatar for Garry D Roberson Garry D Roberson says:
July 6, 2017 at 8:21 pm

Sumac is a “wild-looking” plant. Use accordingly.

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Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:
September 27, 2011 at 4:21 am

I would suggest contacting your local garden center. They should be able to help with pruning advice.

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Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:
December 22, 2011 at 4:35 am

I planted a tiger eyes sumac 2 years ago. It now has 3 huge limbs that spray out about 5 feet wide. There are no leaves on the bottom 2/3rds of the plant but have leaves on the top. How do I trim this so that it is more managable and fuller on the bottom? Thank you for any information.

Reply
Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:
December 22, 2011 at 4:35 am

Hi There, I have a full grown 8′ tall Tiger Eye Sumac. It gets its fair share of sun, shade, and water. A couple of weeks ago, the leaves on one of its branches started wilting, so I watered and added a couple of hand fulls of bone meal to the base of it, but this did not help. Within a week all leaves have wilted and started drying out. The shrub is alive because there is a small green off-shout that is growing from the base of it that is still green. Is it dying? Can I do something to save it? Why did that happen? Any helpful tips will be much appreciated.

Reply
Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:
December 22, 2011 at 4:35 am

Hi, I just purchased one of these today so I have no first hand knowledge. However I did read the tiger is susceptible to “die back” and drought can be a main cause of this, the drought period doesn’t have to have been recent,effects can take up to 3 yrs. To present themselves.

Reply
Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:
December 22, 2011 at 4:35 am

I got my tiger eye in 08, when I first planted it,
O watered it, put mulce aroung it, it was beautiful. Then all of a sudder all the branches fell off and I thought I had killed it, but I let it go until the next year. In the spring I started to see a little life so I let it go. It came back great, but in the mid summer, aroung now, August, the branches started to fall off and it become bare and now it’s doing it again, is this normal and if not what can I do to help it stay pretty longer, It’s such a beautiful plant when it full I just wish it lasted longer. Thank for any help you can give me. Carol

Reply
Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:
December 22, 2011 at 4:35 am

How do I get answers to the questions I am seeing?? I have a tiger eye sumac that is getting out of control and needs prunning. How do I prune this plant? In fact, there are three planted together. They look wild. What do I do??

Thanks

Reply
Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:
December 22, 2011 at 4:35 am

I would suggest contacting your local garden center. They should be able to help with pruning advice.

Reply

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