I'm really sad about my Japanese Maple (Old Yeller SPOILER)
 

I love Japanese maples (delicate purple leaves; woody plant that's slow growing). I've been doing some yard remodeling; we moved into our house in January, and it's been a long summer project redoing the yard; but I like it. I've been looking at Japanese maples at the nurseries, but they're expensive and I haven't decided where I want to put one.

Well, as I was meandering through our yard, I found one hidden behind some holly bushes and shadowed by a large pine tree. The leaves are green (they need sunlight for the leaves to turn purple). I was so stoked. So this past weekend I carefully transplanted it to a perfect spot.

It's dying.

That is sad. I have two Japanese Maples in my front yard. Both small, both purple and both healthy. I have shat a tear for you today.

Buck up. It's a tree.

At least you got some firewood out of the deal.

I hate comments like this.

SPOILER! FIFTY YEAR OLD MOVIE THAT IS PART OF OUR COMMON CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THAT EVERYONE OVER THE AGE OF FIVE HAS SEEN DISCUSSED BELOW!!!!!

YOhio, the man's got a dying tree on his hands and all you can think to say is "Buck up?"
I imagine you laugh when they have to shoot Ol' Yeller you insensitive prick.

END SPOILER!!!!!

I may need a new monitor as it's now covered in Diet Pepsi. Thanks for the laugh.

What? They shoot ol' Yeller? How can you post this without SPOILER in the title! What a jerk!

Fixed. Sorry.

Ok, thanks. Just in case, you know.

Btw, the edit makes the title of this thread rather unusual.