I asked my landlord to trim the large ash tree in the front yard, hard by the NE corner of the house - and he had it cut down! Now my sun levels - and those of my neighbor to the north, more drastically, have changed.

A good thing is the removal has opened up some areas for planting ornamentals. I saw a pic of this Itea in a catalog, sounds wonderful there, low mound, light green leaves w/ white flower spikes and turns red in fall, claims full sun to full shade OK.

Has anyone grown this here, or have any advice?