japanese maple

Planted this JM last summer. A couple of months ago this single branch started growing like wildfire. It's probably 4 feet longer than the rest of the tree at this point. I'm noticing very little growth on the rest of the tree. Is this kind of thing normal? There was grass around the base of...

Hi, I have a Japanese Maple that's not doing too great. There are a lot of brown leaves and a lot of green leaves with brown tips. I've also attached a picture of the bottom of the trunk. Is my tree diseased and/or dying? I'm inexperienced when it comes to tree care, so any guidance would be...

Hello - We are thinking about selling our Japanese maple. It’s 33 years old and we are not sure what type of value it has and who would we sell it too. We don’t know the exact type either so any help or info would be appreciated. Thought I would ask the great folks here before contacting our...

i planted a japanese maple in august 2018. it just went through its first winter and spring is now here and im wondering if there is anything i should be doing to it. compost? fertilizer?

We have a Japanese Maple tree that has had several dead limbs over the past few years and bark separating. When cutting off a dead limb, we realized it is infested with large black ants. We then called the pest control and he put out some ant poison (which is the yellowish granular substance you...

I live in Los Angeles, CA and have a almost 6 year old Japanese Maple tree. It seems to have done well and appears beautiful and healthy. However, over the past year I noticed a groove in the bark and pealing and it appears to have occured in multiple areas. Yesterday I oberved a different...