your thoughts please?

Rhus typhina





Thanks guys

 

I have planted one of these together with other exotic/tropical type shrubs plants such as Fatsia, muso basjoo, T-Rex, fortunei and humilis palms, canna, silk tree, cercis,gunera,foxglove, evergreen ferns etc ...

At the garden where I planted it, I have space for some clumping bamboo, but will plant that in spring and will need to dig a deep trench and add a root barrier

will also include some miscanthus (have never planted this yet)

reports say that it 'suckers' and from what I have seen, it needs a protected spot as it does not like strong wind ... looks good in autumn, when it turns red

 

Does it look like a happy plant? In the picture?
Thanks dim...I like your signature!

 

looks healthy to me! .... they are nice .... will start turning red very shortly when the cold sets in

don't feed it any fertilizer now until spring though ... according to weather reports, we have a few more days of hot weather, so just give it a good water soaking once in a while

 

Ok thanks dim...is it normal for the leaves to curl under like that? It felt very brittle too....forgive my beating about the bush please

 

They are deciduous so they will loose there leaves they go a lovely shade of red and then drop off

 

I grew Rhus typhina 'Dissecta' in a very large pot once, under planted with White Cyclamens and Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens', it looked stunning, especially with its winter colours and it still does; it's still happy in its pot in my mum's garden after 10 years :thumb:

 

Hi, yes it looks pefectly normal, also be ready for the whole leaf stem to drop off not just the little 'leaflets', but don't worry its completely normal :thumb:

 

Sorry guys I just don't agree, it looks ill to me. I have one and it has no brittle under cupped leaves? Anyone else agree or am I on my own? Lol

 

you must be feeding your's viagra or compost tea? .... here is a link to a site showing a pic of what it should look like when the leaves start turning red ... looks the same in the OP's photos?:

Rhus typhina (Sumach, Rhus): Information, Pictures & Cultivation Tips

 

I have never seen one with leaves curled so far round they look like tunnels or spirals?
The one in the pic in the link looks like mine nice and healthy.