By Galah
United Kingdom 
This year my acre palmatum dissectum(green) which is in the gound and is about 25 years old has very few leaves; the new leaves at the end of the soft wood look healthy, but many of the small branches of the new wood are bare of leaf despite looking ok. does anyone have any idea what could cause this?
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Acre palmatum dissectum
17 May, 2013
Answers
A pic would be useful.
17 May, 2013
the leaves at the tips are ok but very few of them. I inspected it again yesterday and can see some new shoots appearing further back, so I think that is a good sign.
thanks you for your comments. if no progress I will post a picture.
20 May, 2013
Previous question
Check for signs of scale insect which can be a problem, but am i right in thinking that the Acer is suffering dieback from the main stem towards the branch tips, could it be Verticillium wilt ? which can affect the Acer family.
17 May, 2013