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good advice from the forum members already, advise removing to a shade location and apply water/mist daily to the leaves and exposed branches....
might want to put on a good spray of water on the growth to blow them off, usually scale comes with other insects that might cause more...
curious Mark have you had chance to dig down a couple inches at the trunk line/below into the ground just to check basal roots for scaring and...
Jeanette just to add about placing photos, as you remove the ivy if you do this yourself watch for the introduction en-masse of ants. for some...
you've probably answered your question(s) already if you feel better that is a plus and the inclusion of better looking plantings. My bonsai's...
just a quick note to say if the branchlets turn white/grey or black then you know they should be taken out.
go figure but we have had die-back completely from psychosis ind inducement, this was the case on an old Maple previously on my parents locale....
Verba just so you are aware keep watching your maples as aphids have a 7 day or less hatch out period you may have terminated the first brood...
one of the problems that many of you face and so do we in southern Oregon is picking up over-counter insecticides, yes I was in the business for...
just a thought but if you are not objecting to spray materials apply a late dormant spray before bud expansion, this may help. Orthene applied...
appears to me to be "dampening off " a stinking wilt condition, check your drainage. E ~
ruf let me explain further on your first photo. if this is from the Cicada insect then she has notched the branchlet with her ovipositer so to...
a couple things, your first photo is indicative of Cicada damage by the adult female, sorry but no know chemical controls for this second you...
curious if any of you use a good watering meter to check for lack of moisture during the winter months ? I primarily use one on the outdoor...
could be the reasons you just gave and the variety of Oak grown in your and my area, ours have the probs with many insect and even disease...
JT1 good advice though must ask in your last segment with oak leaf burial do you find any probs with overwintering insects ? I have in the...
let me add that you will get some die-back and probably summer borer damage that you will have to contend with. I would be suspicious of 50F...
I would also recommend a nice mulch over the top of the pots if not bury them in the medium of deciduous leaves -oak and pine needles for the acid...
location and soil type ? mine does what yours does in the spring and early summer mine bronzes out due to light conditions and the seeds shed...
Jazzup interesting yours in the yellows mine though too much shade now by another palmatum type turns a hot orange-red with distinctive orange...