Tag Archives: Japanese maple

Green maple tree failing

My fourteen year old green maple in my garden has not been thriving since last year. It is situated about 5 ft from back of my house. Its top and sides are exposed to sun. My garden faces north and…

Japanese Maple with dry leaf curl

Hi Master Gardeners, My beautiful, very loved, little Japanese maple tree (Acer palmatum) is in trouble and I don’t know what to do. We planted it 5 years ago and it has grown and thrived, but I have just noticed…

Twombly japanese maple hedge

HI Do you see anything wrong with planting 5 columnar twombley japanese maples in a row to form a privacy hedge Please send answer to my email as well .…

Can this Japanese maple be saved?

We moved to this house in April, and noticed the previously thriving (in summer and fall last year) Japanese maple looks dead except for one branch. The other shrubs around it look fine. Can the tree be saved? If not,…

Japanese Maple – Garden Soil Testing help

Hi I have unsuccessfully tried planting blood good AND emperor 1 Japanese maples thrice in the past 5 years in the attached backyard garden, They thrive for a year and die out, some kind of disease I think. Is there…

Japanese Maple in BC

My Japanese Maple has lost bark on its lower trunk and is showing signs of wilting even after a wet spring. We had a warm spell in March where it started to flower, but now it’s loosing its leaves. Watering…

Japanese Maple

When should I unwrap my young Japanese Maple that I planted in October 2023? It is south facing, no buildings or trees shadow it. It is in Scarborough.…

Transplanting a Japanese Maple in late fall

Hi there! I have a two year old Japanese Maple ‘Omurayama’ in a raised bed tucked up against a corner of my house. There is a three foot high wall enclosing it. We need to get a portion of our…

Japanese Maple issues

Hello, I am in Zone 5 and this Japanese maple has been planted in this location for 4 years. We have a French drain that diverts the roof rain water away from this area. However, this summer the rainfall has…