Will it survive? What do I do?
I am an amateur gardener and
bought this Emperor One Japanese maple since my husband wanted a red foliage maple and we live in CA so we needed something that can handle a bit of heat and sun. I feel like this plant is looking worse and worse after planting. I planted it at the begining of April and this is what it looks like now (May 19th). It is in a north facing part of my garden but then I noticed it does get afternoon sun. So I had tried to use a cover (on the ground) but I feel like the cover is too heavy? I tried also making it into a canopy by having it sit on the roof but the sun is too Northern of my garden because after 3pm it is in full sun. I do have sword ferns that are right next to it that have been there at least a year before the maple was installed and those looked great last year until it got too hot around June/July. Any tips on what I can do better on?