Todd wrote:
I purchased my mother a laceleaf Japanese Maple when her father
passed away two years ago.

Yesterday some idiots who were cutting down trees let a branch
fall
on the maple and broke it. For some reason then they cut off
the
tree at the base - leaving about 2 inches above ground.

Will it grow back?

Maybe. You should make the "idiots" pay.

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5