Good morning.. I have a Crimson King Maple in my front yard. It's been growing beautifully since I planted it 9 years ago. I planted it in celebration of purchasing my first home, by myself. This tree is not only beautiful, but has great sentimental value.
I have loved and always wanted a Crimson King Maple since I've been an adult. They are not native to Maine, yet we see them everywhere.
It has been a long winter. Finally May shows up with all it's glory. The flowers are blooming and everything is green.
Then it began to rain about 10-12 days ago. So most of the flowers were not enjoyed as they usually are because they passed early or who wants to stand in their garden in the pouring rain?
(just trying to paint a picture here)
Over the last week or so I had mentioned to my husband and friend how weird the tree is growing, that the leaves on the top of the tree are smaller than at the ends of the branches, but overall it looked ok, just behind others in the neighborhood. Other than the lack of sun, I hadn't given this any thought. I really thought the tree was continuing to blossom.
Yesterday the sun finally appeared. It was a perfect day, about 76, warm and we were just so darn happy to see the sun.
When I came home from work around 6, I always admire my flowers and trees from the car, I just love spring!
OMG, my Maple tree has something wrong. The sun had dried up all the little tender leaves with the exception of the few larger ones on the end of one branch. I parked the car and ran to the tree. It is sick, nothing visible, definitely not a lack of water. It's just wilting like a tulip passing. I tried googling Crimson King Diseases and really didn't find anything.
Can anyone help me, tell me how to nurture this tree back to good health? I love, love, love this tree.
I have loved and always wanted a Crimson King Maple since I've been an adult. They are not native to Maine, yet we see them everywhere.
It has been a long winter. Finally May shows up with all it's glory. The flowers are blooming and everything is green.
Then it began to rain about 10-12 days ago. So most of the flowers were not enjoyed as they usually are because they passed early or who wants to stand in their garden in the pouring rain?
(just trying to paint a picture here)
Over the last week or so I had mentioned to my husband and friend how weird the tree is growing, that the leaves on the top of the tree are smaller than at the ends of the branches, but overall it looked ok, just behind others in the neighborhood. Other than the lack of sun, I hadn't given this any thought. I really thought the tree was continuing to blossom.
Yesterday the sun finally appeared. It was a perfect day, about 76, warm and we were just so darn happy to see the sun.
When I came home from work around 6, I always admire my flowers and trees from the car, I just love spring!
OMG, my Maple tree has something wrong. The sun had dried up all the little tender leaves with the exception of the few larger ones on the end of one branch. I parked the car and ran to the tree. It is sick, nothing visible, definitely not a lack of water. It's just wilting like a tulip passing. I tried googling Crimson King Diseases and really didn't find anything.
Can anyone help me, tell me how to nurture this tree back to good health? I love, love, love this tree.
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