Acer palmatum 'Crimsom Queen'

2011

This was planted next to my pond in 1997. At this time there was a large oak that shaded it quite a bit. When that oak died and was removed, there was more sun shining on the top of the maple, plus we had some drought years. As a result there has been what I think is sunburn of the bark. I don't know if this will eventually lead to its death or not. Trying to train branches over the affected area and grow a container clematis over it. In 2013 a lot of dieback. I was tempted to just take it out and put something else in its place. I decided to keep the dead parts on and let the clematis climb on it. I am not sure where things will go from here.

2013