Further information regarding Japanese maple question no.4 has been received (re-printed below) and I’ll clarify all the points raised.
I think this was the second summer that I had the trees. I put them in these …

Japanese maple question: What is killing my Japanese Maple? The leaves started dying this summer, half were withered up and the other half remained healthy. I thought maybe the problem was abating, but now most …

Japanese maple question: I have an inherited collection of Japanese maples. They vary in age (7 – 20 years) and type and I have been told that they have all been re-potted (3 – 5 …

Growing a potted Japanese maple in a hot climate raises problems over and above that caused by the potential stress of a hot summer. As I mentioned in leaf scorch on a Japanese maple, raising …

A suitable Japanese maple for growing in a pot was a thought that occurred to me at a recent flower show I was exhibiting at.  I was asked if I sold Acer palmatum Osakazuki and …