By Ribblerebel
United Kingdom 
My weeping Acer Palmatum has leaves on the ends of branches but none towards the trunk and lots of small thin white dead branches
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28 Apr, 2021
Welcome to GoY.
Not really sure what to suggest.
If it were me I'd remove all the small dead bits and perhaps evenly around the tree cut back a few of the branches with leaves on to half their length. If they break new buds on the remaining half of the branches I 'd then repeat the process next year and do that until you are happy with it.
The way the leaves are may just be the way this one wants to grow.
see what anyone else suggests.
29 Apr, 2021