Margaret: “Golden cutleaf staghorn sumac ‘Tiger Eyes’ is the glowing thing, nestled into the shoulder of a group of ‘Agincourt Beauty’ lilacs, beside a small toolshed. The green big blob on the foreground right of the photo is the recently damaged Aesculus parviflora, bottlebrush buckeye. This photo shows the side that didn’t get damaged. That is the big grass border in the far distance…and another apple tree to right of grass border in far background. Your axis in the photo is looking west and a teeny bit north, but from back yard (not house). I see the lilacs, ‘Tiger Eyes’ and so forth from my dining room, bath, bedroom (all on west side of house), looking out to the Ilex verticillata border, which is not in this photo but would be a distance to the left of the big grass border in the left background (out of the frame).”
About Kathy Purdy
Kathy Purdy discovered the joys of writing in fourth grade, when she started corresponding with a former classmate. She's been writing letters ever since, first on looseleaf, then electronically, and now as weblog entries. That makes you, the blog reader, her pen pal. Her first independent (though frustrating) attempts at gardening were made in high school, though the gardening bug didn't bite hard until her mid-thirties, when she found herself mistress of a rural home on 15 acres. • USDA Hardiness Zone:4 • AHS Heat Zone: 3 • Location: rural; Southern Tier of NY • Geographic type: foothills of Appalachian Mountains • Soil Type: acid clay • Experience level: intermediate • Particular interests: colchicums, narcissus, cottage gardening, NY native plants, gardening with/for children
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I’m growing two ‘Tiger Eyes’ both of which are in full sun, next to my gravel driveway. One was backed over, and is growing crooked. What would you use to get it back on the “straight and narrow?” They are really bright aren’t they? Almost neon green/yellow at times. Now they’re beginning the fall color show and changing to reddish orange.