Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening Summer 2013, 1 by donnerville

donnerville wrote:
Ornamental sweet potatoes are so beautiful in planters, but do not grow them any more because deer just eat them all :o(

I have a question about maple trees. The 'Autumn Flame' maple in the picture was planted in April 2011. It survived the hot summer and the winter last year. It leafed out ok this year, but all the leaves suddenly turned brown about 2 weeks ago. Has anybody had a similar experience with maple trees? Is the tree dead? The tree is not a tiny one. It is about 10' in height.