I disagree with Ken Adrian. Maple trunks and their branches, in the young trees, can become infected with the fungus if the fungus isn't irradiated, and the trunk then develops cankers. The tree goes downhill from there. I had that happen to two of my maples. I bought them from a well known nursery and they had the fungus when I received them. The nursery knew all about it but didn't tell anyone. They even got negative feedback about it from someone who was infuriated over getting trees with the fungus.. My 2 trees eventually developed cankers on the branches and on the trunks. The trees were growing well but I pulled them out and planted different trees. No sense in dealing with spreading holes all over your trees' trunks when you can replant with healthy trees. I want a return on my investment, not some sickly looking tree. I will not plant another maple because of my experience with the fungus. No thanks! Btw, It was a 3 year span from receiving the trees with the leaf spots to the cankers developing on my branches and trunks. And that is after I picked up every leaf that fell off the trees, and sprayed antifungal in the spring. I am NOT saying this will be your experience or anyone else's experience, but it was MY experience. Could I have left the 7 foot trees in my yard and watch them grow taller and let the cankers heal over? Sure. But I chose not to because that is not how I want to start out my trees' lives nor my investments in them.

Thanks Al and gardengal, I also think it is more and more like tamukeyama as the leaves tinted with more red as days go by. It is right now under a big pine tree and get direct light maybe 2 hours in the morning only. I will acclimate it gradually. The rootball looks like wrapped in burlap (I can see a little bit burlap above the soil) then put in the pot and added more soil around it. Do I need to do anything about that right now? I am planning to keep it as potted plant and overwinter it in my garage, is that a viable plan? Again, thanks a lot. Greendale This post was edited by greendale on Tue, May 20, 14 at 19:30

Hubby and I went against the grain and painted our bedroom red. We have an earthy tone comforter (browns, tans, brick red) and painted the room SW Bolero. We put up wood blinds that match our dark wood trim and draped tan sheers over bulkier rods. We love it; earthy, dramatic, masculine and exactly what we wanted. If we ever sell, yes I may have to repaint, but in the meantime we have a room we both love to escape to away from our kids. One hint with red, yes do use a tinted primer, but to get good coverage, do a coat vertical and the next horizontal, finish up with another vertical coat.

where are you.. and how bad was winter ... and whats that weird looking stuff near the soil line?? ... how big was it 3 years ago .. and who planted it.. and how??? .. and how did it get to your house??? and can we presume there are no apparent wounds just above the dead part??? there is no real reason .. a tree needs a single leader ... the rest of the tree sure looks OK ... its probably late enough... to not really suggest you need to give it more time ... just figure out how to get up there.. and cut out the dead part ... remove all the hanging weight.. before you go in for the surgical cut ... ken