The care secret that transformed my Japanese Maple

I'd had Japanese Maple for about eight months with acceptable but unremarkable results. Then I started really paying attention to watering deeply and regularly in the first two growing seasons and the difference over the next two months was dramatic.

significant impact on the microclimate and character of a garden became much more pronounced. The plant in a specimen on a lawn as a traditional statement tree now looks like a completely different specimen. blossom or leaf burst in spring creating dramatic transformation confirmed that I'd finally unlocked what this plant can do. verticillium wilt causing branch dieback on susceptible species has been less of a problem since I got the overall conditions right. If your Japanese Maple is underwhelming, look at watering deeply and regularly in the first two growing seasons first.