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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[–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago

Did you get hit with a frost during bud break? If the plant is stressed, the goal is generally going to be doing the absolute minimum to it and let it conserve its energy. At best you could make sure the soil has sufficient nutrients.

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