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Japanese maple dying? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by Aberration13@lemmy.world to c/gardening@lemmy.world
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Small japanese maple seems to be dying, it's on the side of the house and gets partial shade, it is planted in mulch on a fabric barrier and a slight slope.

It's been doing well for around a decade and this spring suddenly it is only growing leaves on a few branches in small vollyball sized areas while a good 90% of the plant has no leaves at all.

Any ideas?

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[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

You'll get better answers with some pics.

Since you mentioned it's in a mulched area, did you rule out girdling roots?