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Acer planted in sunny spot
nannyave
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I planted this Acer last year and it has once again suffered sun scorch. I guess I should transplant it but would prefer not to. Any suggestions? Sorry photo presenting sideways can't correct it
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Most Japanese maples suffer from wind scorch rather than sun scorch but the pale leaved ones are definitely more susceptible to sun.
One way to help it is to give it a thorough soaking of several gallons of water over a couple of hours and then mulch the soil under the branches with something like chipped bark to reduce water loss.
you could plant something nearby that provides shade at the hottest parts of the day?
Agree you should plant something to give it shade. What about something like Sambucus Black Lace. It grows quickly, can be pruned, offers a nice contrast to the Acer and will create dappled shade.
Acers dont like hot sun or strong wind. There is a nice green Sambucus, that would go, well, (I have the black lace, love it)
i have several that often have the same issue and doesnt matter where i place them, in pots
my garden is too much a wind tunnel even with the wind breaks i made
Thanks everyone. I will try the watering and mulching. I have a Sambuscis Black Lace in my back garden. it a beautiful plant worth trying.
Shrub moving needs some forward planning and prep. You can help it survive the shock by making it produce new fibrous roots within the root ball rather than crossing fingers and hoping you get enough by just digging it out for it to survive.
In spring, or preferably a year ahead, take a sharp spade and push it in vertically as deep as you can all around the shrub using as wide a radius as poss from the trunk to make a circular slit. Water well before and after. The plant will respond by producing new fibrous roots within that slit that will sustain it. Come autumn, prepare a hole slighter wider than that diametre and then remove your shrub and transplant it at the same depth as before. Back fill with good soil. Water well and mulch. It should settle in over the winter while the top half is dormant.
Having said that, moving house and gardens should be about taking cuttings and divisions and seeds and not wholesale removal of plants which may not survive the move anyway. Better to take offspring of treasures and lots of photos by which to remember the garden you have loved. Then go and make another you will love as much if not more. Look forwards, not back.
Sorry - para 3 intended for moving garden thread. Oops.
aym20, gosh you were unlucky, did they manage to re-attach? I had a fright a couple of years back, thought I was having a migrane on a night shift, went to have eye test in Asda, just happened to be there the chap was brilliant, he did a 3 hour eye test on me. Thankfull it was OK.
They are lovelly Doghouse so is your garden! Course the scorch is caused by wind, watering wont make any difference to that. I live 10 minutes by car to the sea, and recently asked t a nursery where I was buying plants, the lady said I was close enough to get salt, we are near the South, so there is some scientific thing, with them and the sea that causes wind, usuall when the sun comes round.BUT I went to visit some garden last year open for charity which are a couple of roads from the sea front, they have gorgeous big acers in garden and huge pots, I asked how they did it, they just said they had always been fine. Now the same nursery lady told me to use ericaceous compost, so I have just treated myself to 2 new ones, they are in semi shade, this compost and pots will see how that goes.