We Just Bought And Planted A Tamukeyama Japanese Maple. The Place We Bought It From Said Next Year It Will Look Great But After Bu

Question

ying it in having doubts…it looks dead. We live in pa. Its fall.

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Answer 1

I see a lot of green branches, which is good. They should leaf out either later/soon or in the spring. Hard to say about the leafless gray ones. Only you can evaluate if you want/need to return it or exchange it ( many places exchange instead of returning your money so check your warranty ). If you have branches with no leaves by late spring, prune those.