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Japanese Maple

20 years ago

I purchased a Japaneese maple (Acer Palmatum Atropurpurea) about two years ago in the spring. The 2 ft tree was full of leaves and appeared to be doing fine. I recently had to replant due to zoning issues. I replanted during the begining of summer, and at that point the leaves had disappeared. It is now spring time again and there are no signs of leaves. My question is have I killed the tree by transplanting it?

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myersphcf
20 years ago
There were NO leaves last summer after replanting??? not a good sign ..maples usually have a late summer growth sput and or put new leaves on after loosing ...You are in zone 9 so I assume your weather is warm now ..still nothing ...check a couple of small branches scape with a knife and see if any green under bark...I'd bet NO ..yah it is probably dead...Whatever you do DON'T replant in the same spot in case there was something systemic in that tree or soil you transplanted it into .... but do get another JM Ya got to love 'em ...David
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