| Description | Tiger Eyes Cutleaf Sumac (Rhus typina) is a Cut-leaf Sumac type with bright yellow foliage during the growing season and vivid fall colors. |
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| Pronunciation | (rhoos or Rhus)(TIE-fee-na) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full to light shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | prefers average but will tolerate drier when established |
| Fruit | Drupes that form hard seeds. I have never found seedlings of this plant in my garden. |
| Leaves | Alternate and pinnate compound. During the growing season, the color changes from chartreuse to a bright yellow. In the fall, the color ranges from yellow to orange to scarlet. An additional color is the petiole and rachis, which are fuzzy, rosy red. |
| Stems | The branches are angled upward. |
| Roots | Suckers by aggressively spreading rhizomes |
| Dimensions | Seems to be a lot of discrepancy about the size. Many places list it as 10-12 by 10-12 and some 6-8 by 6-8. Only time will tell. . |
| Maintenance | Will sucker, and they need to be removed, can be cut back hard in the spring |
| Propagation | Division of suckers will not come true from seeds |
| Cultivar Origin | Baily's Nursery, Minnesota (USA) |
| Author's Notes | I have had this shrub in my yard for about eight years (2013). It never gets taller than 4 feet because some critter eats the top of it each year. It took a few years before it started to sucker, but now I am removing suckers each year. This plant is in the backyard, and the bright foliage draws you to this garden. In the summer of 2015, I cut back the plants hard, and they easily regrew. After 12 years, the plant has suckered over 25 feet from the mother plants. |
| Notes & Reference | #274-Site Authors' observations and growing experiences |
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