Japanese Maples: Japanese Maple, 1 by hczone6

hczone6 wrote:
I've known Japanese maples to be very tough. They have to be, because I sure don't show them any mercy!...LOL I've got several weeping types and a few uprights. All of them do quite well, no matter how hot it gets, how dry it gets or how cold it gets. When I DO prune them, they shoot out new limbs very quickly. I'd say (just my uneducated guess/personal observation) your tree will recover if it still has plenty of wood left to shoot out new growth.

Lately, partly because I'm a lazy gardner and partly because I've heard 'experts' on TV say it, I haven't been treating any wounds or prunes on any of my trees. I just prune them properly and let them go. So far so good :)

Good luck!

This is one of my beauties. I love it! If yours was something like this, I feel for you because they really are beautiful trees!


This message was edited Jan 20, 2005 8:42 AM