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Message: [QUOTE="l008com, post: 300664, member: 19899"] I grew this tree with two others from saplings last spring. They all grew well until summer it. I just assumed all trees like sun and water, so I put them in direct, all day sun. They got roasted and the two smaller ones died. This one you see was the largest and it survived. So I bought it inside for the winter and this spring, I put it back outside. I put it in a spot that gets less sun. It gets morning sun but sometime in the early afternoon, it goes into the shade. It sprouted all these leaves this spring, it seemed like it was doing well. But then the leaves started to look unhealthy and it doesn't appear to be growing any more. What is going on with this thing? I really want to save it. I want to plant three of these trees in my yard, ideally someday before I'm dead. I'm growing them in large buckets because they have to be big enough that the rabbit infestation we have in MA doesn't eat them and kill them. If I push down on the base of the tree, it feels spongey. If I do the same to the green maples next to it, they all feel rock solid. Plenty of people have japanese maples in my area (Massachusetts), so its not like they can't survive here. So I don't know, any tree experts out there? [ATTACH]115412[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]115413[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]115414[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]115415[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]