Comments on: Acer palmatum https://www.scottarboretum.org/acer-palmatum/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:45:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Mary Tipping https://www.scottarboretum.org/acer-palmatum/#comment-1291 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:36:17 +0000 http://gardenseeds.swarthmore.edu/gardenseeds/?p=6330#comment-1291 In reply to Joan Johnson.

Joan — this is very perplexing. Japanese Maples tend to be very hardy and typically do not lose multiple branches at one time. If you would like to send me more information and photos, (i.e. variety, site information, history of the installation location, etc.), please feel free to do so. My email is: mtippin1@swarthmore.edu

]]> By: Joan Johnson https://www.scottarboretum.org/acer-palmatum/#comment-1290 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 01:16:46 +0000 http://gardenseeds.swarthmore.edu/gardenseeds/?p=6330#comment-1290 Loved this article. Have a few palmatums and only problem I have seen is that they can die off in this manner. You lose 1 whole side of the tree.
I have one in the backyard which I pruned to try and help it grow out to rebalance a little, and it seems to be working. Now i notice another one…not very near to the first, and a different cultivar; is doing the same thing this year.
So in the fall I will try my pruning skills to help it rebalance and hopefully will not lose the entire tree. It is a really gorgeous one.

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