kmdesigns
Yamadori
I am slowly losing one of my Japanese maples and I think its way beyond saving. I noticed about a week ago that all of the leaves shriveled up on it and the trunk began turning black. The green bark around the base and about 1/3 of the way up the trunk is completely black and any branches in this area have died. Is this some kind of fungus or disease? Do I need to be concerned about any of my other maples or trees in general? I have a few air layers off of this maple that are doing well aside from some leaf burn from these hot summer days we've been having.