When I bought this tree last fall I thought its leaves were sparse because they had already been dropping with the turning season. Turns out, nope. The tree was just unhappy enough in the nursery conditions that it only had a handful of leaves, and a number of bare branches. It is starting to settle in and put on new growth now that it’s in the ground, though. (New leaves on this tree come out red before maturing to deep green).
mind and heart 