| Jim Kohut |
| | June 24, 2009 | Reply with quote | #25 |
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Actually, your suggestion would work marvelously - BEFORE planting, but not after! Assuming you could physically manage to forcefully sink an entire culvert around a mature sumac cluster, all you'd do is sever the roots, pretty much assuring that they would send up sprouts to try and compensate - on BOTH sides of the culvert!! Relegate this to one of those "good ideas in theory" suggestions and then consider the bulldozer option as well.
Jim K.
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| Ashley |
| | Aug 01, 2009 | Reply with quote | #26 |
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We just planted a tiger eye about 3 weeks ago and have noticed the past couple of days that the bottom leaves are turning red and shriviling up. We have been watering it three times a day and it's in partial sun/shade. Any ideas on what could be the problem. Thanks  |
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| Kelly |
| | Aug 04, 2009 | Reply with quote | #27 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jim Kohut
Actually, your suggestion would work marvelously - BEFORE planting, but not after! Assuming you could physically manage to forcefully sink an entire culvert around a mature sumac cluster, all you'd do is sever the roots, pretty much assuring that they would send up sprouts to try and compensate - on BOTH sides of the culvert!! Relegate this to one of those "good ideas in theory" suggestions and then consider the bulldozer option as well.
Jim K.
Thanks Jim, that is actually what i am planning to do. I haven't yet planted this set of plants and would like to include a Sumac into the mix. I would also like to cover the area around the Sumac with fabric and rock to keep the suckering to a minimum.
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| Scott |
| | Aug 04, 2009 | Reply with quote | #28 |
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Hi all...JK, you seem to be around an awful lot...do you work for Northscaping.com? You also seem to be very knowledgeable about this plant too. Awesome!
Ok, I bought my Tiger Eyes last year. When I first saw it I fell instantly in love with the it, and it is my favorite plant in all of my landscaping. It has literally tripled or quadrupled in size from last year and is doing phenominal, being approx 5' tall and 6' wide now. I am new to the species, and have been wondering about the "suckering." I guess that's what you call the little off-shoots of this plant, right? I have had several "baby" plants so far and I love them...they are so cute! I have a couple tiny ones (about 3 - 4") and two others have grown quite well, the smaller one is about 8" now and the bigger one has grown to about 2', and I noticed the trunk is starting to turn bark-like. After reading these posts I just want to be clear...so I can cut these away and replant them somewhere else? Could someone please give me advice on the best way to do that and what time of year would be best? I would really hate to sever the roots and have the little ones die.
Hope to hear back. Thanks!
Scott
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| sherry |
| | Aug 18, 2009 | Reply with quote | #29 |
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Ashley,
I did the same thing with my Tiger Eye Sumac. I purchased it at a nursery in St. Louis. They had a specimen plant in a raised bed that was just beautiful. I was wondering if planting in a raised bed would decrease the plants suckering?
Well I have been watering my plant in the pot it came in from the nursery. The more I watered the worse it looked. I live in Tennessee and was afraid our hot sun would dry it out. I did a little research and found the plant likes low water levels and is drought resistant. I repotted my plant (I am working on the area that the sumac is to be planted in) and am decreasing the water the plant receives. I read in an earlier post that they can come up from the ground with a hard winter. I am hoping that if the main plant dies that the plant will come back up from the ground. Anyone else with any ideas?
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| J. Cline |
| | April 25, 2010 | Reply with quote | #30 |
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We purchased our Tiger eye sumac form a nursery 2 years ago and it has provided very unique color and plant behavior and we have not seen another one in our area.
We are now seeing suckers as far as 8~10 feet away from the trunk and are concerned that we may have to move the plant to control the spread.
Can anyone offer any advise about how best to control the sucker population so that we can keep our tiger eye planted in our front bed?
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| Glen |
| | May 06, 2010 | Reply with quote | #31 |
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I don't know if there's anything really that can be done to stop the suckering, except to cut them as they appear, even if you just cut them at ground level with scissors (rather than digging them out). My Tiger Eyes is also about 2 years old but hasn't suckered - yet.
I have to say mine grows slow but steady and my soil is clay, so maybe that's why mine hasn't taken off in growth yet. |
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| Sandra |
| | May 07, 2010 | Reply with quote | #32 |
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I have a number of Tigers Eyes in my yard and even though all my beds are covered in weed barrier and crushed granite, those suckers find a way of crawling to the nearest air hole! I cut them off religiously with shears throughout the season.
I have a question about this plant. The Tigers Eyes are getting huge even though this is only the third year, obstructing some retaining walls that I want to be visible. My books on pruning deal with other types of sumac, but not this one. How do I prune them and keep them in control of over-growing?
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| Karen from Iowa |
| | May 30, 2010 | Reply with quote | #33 |
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| We planted a Tiger's Eye 2 years ago...we have a problem with deer coming and eating on it...I thought they might have killed it this year, but it came back. Any ideas to keep the deer away? Now we also have 3 suckers coming up--all the way from under the rocks the parent is living on. When is the best time to dig them up for transplanting? I really don't want new ones growing where these are. thanks...Happy Gardening!! |
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| Mary |
| | July 10, 2010 | Reply with quote | #34 |
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Sandra and anyone else who had advice.... Did you find any answers to how to keep your Tiger Eye Sumacs under control? I have one too and it's gorgeous. At the same time, it's now growing beyond it's space - and drowning everything else out around it. I would love any advice you've received regarding now to trim it back. I know to pull out the suckers. I'm more concerned about the fronds growing out of control that will soon start to block the entrance to my house!!! Yikes!
Thanks for anything you've found to share.
Mary
Quote: Originally Posted by Sandra
I have a number of Tigers Eyes in my yard and even though all my beds are covered in weed barrier and crushed granite, those suckers find a way of crawling to the nearest air hole! I cut them off religiously with shears throughout the season.
I have a question about this plant. The Tigers Eyes are getting huge even though this is only the third year, obstructing some retaining walls that I want to be visible. My books on pruning deal with other types of sumac, but not this one. How do I prune them and keep them in control of over-growing?
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| Sandra |
| | July 12, 2010 | Reply with quote | #35 |
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Hi Mary,
Unfortunately, I received no advise about the Tigers Eye Sumac. However, I experimented and let the "antler-like" branches grow to see where the plants leafed out and then cut most of the old ones off.
I don't think there's any good way to control the suckers, besides cutting them off again and again and again. If I knew how post a picture, I'd show you how the suckers managed to creep underneath the fabric and rock, settling around a huge boulder... very nice until they over grow and cover the boulder up completely!
Keep me posted if you get any feedback from someone else.
Thanks!
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| Joann |
| | Sept 06, 2010 | Reply with quote | #36 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by AshleyWe just planted a tiger eye about 3 weeks ago and have noticed the past couple of days that the bottom leaves are turning red and shriviling up. We have been watering it three times a day and it's in partial sun/shade. Any ideas on what could be the problem. Thanks  |
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