Anonymous wrote:I think the frost/cold spurt we got late in the season affected them. I got a bunch of brown leaves after that.

This. The hot cold cycle we have going on isn't helping the trees.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the frost/cold spurt we got late in the season affected them. I got a bunch of brown leaves after that.

That impacted some of my more delicate trees. 90 degrees for a week in April and they woke up and leafed out, followed by a freeze that shriveled them up.

Yup. Mine is located on the north side of the house and is very big and usually very happy but not this year!

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Anonymous wrote:How much sunlight is it under?

Japanese maples can get sunburned and start to die as a result.

They also are a thirsty tree.

I suspect there is some sort of tree thing going around that affects japanese maples. They haven't looked good since last summer.

Not OP, and mine is doing well. It is in shade much of the day.

Ours was doing amazingly in full shade for all but the first 2 hours when the sun was rising. It was lush, vibrant and healthy with no attention.

We had to cut down the big shade tree last spring due to dead hollow branches falling, which put the maple in full sun the entire day.

It slowly started withering and losing leaves, especially the parts that are under full sun the entire day like the top.

The arborist pointed out the discoloration of the sun facing branches vs the insides tgat face away fro. The sun. It literally looks like the outer sun faced areas have been scorched, like the skin of an old person who spent the 1980s in tanning beds.

We are trying to save it, by treatment from tge arborist, watering frequently, and using shade blankets. It seems the new damage is halted, but it definitely does not look healthy. I hope we can save it. It's a beautiful tree.

Anonymous wrote:How much sunlight is it under?

Japanese maples can get sunburned and start to die as a result.

They also are a thirsty tree.

I suspect there is some sort of tree thing going around that affects japanese maples. They haven't looked good since last summer.

Not OP, and mine is doing well. It is in shade much of the day.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the frost/cold spurt we got late in the season affected them. I got a bunch of brown leaves after that.

That impacted some of my more delicate trees. 90 degrees for a week in April and they woke up and leafed out, followed by a freeze that shriveled them up.

OP here. I actually had a tree guy consult, and he said exactly that. Still, he's going to treat the trunk and soil and come back mid-summer and prune out the dead stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:We’re seeing the same issue with ours and on many around the neighborhood. I was trying to figure out what was going on but The late freeze makes sense.

It started last summer in northern virginia.

So what is it?

Anonymous wrote:We’re seeing the same issue with ours and on many around the neighborhood. I was trying to figure out what was going on but The late freeze makes sense.

It started last summer in northern virginia.

We’re seeing the same issue with ours and on many around the neighborhood. I was trying to figure out what was going on but The late freeze makes sense.

Anonymous wrote:I think the frost/cold spurt we got late in the season affected them. I got a bunch of brown leaves after that.

That impacted some of my more delicate trees. 90 degrees for a week in April and they woke up and leafed out, followed by a freeze that shriveled them up.

I think the frost/cold spurt we got late in the season affected them. I got a bunch of brown leaves after that.

How much sunlight is it under?

Japanese maples can get sunburned and start to die as a result.

They also are a thirsty tree.

I suspect there is some sort of tree thing going around that affects japanese maples. They haven't looked good since last summer.

They are a fickle tree. They often do that and spontaneously die.

We have a small (maybe 4-5 feet tall) Japanese Maple that's doing terrible this year. Not nearly as full as before and it seems like the new reddish leaves come out and then shrivel up and turn goldfish brown and die.

Ring a bell without anyone? Can it be saved?