[agla]

Several of these guys were planted on this job done last fall. A few of them were slightly browned out at the top and center when they were picked up at the nursery. I though that it was due to big plants in small containers sitting in the nursery all summer baking away. I expected a good new golden growth this spring. That is not happening in a big way.

Any thoughts of whether something else is causing this or what can be done to help these guys out? It has been a while since I used Gold Threads, so I don't recall whether there is a problem with these or not. I don't ever recall having such a problem.

Others from a different nursery were fine and look great again this year.

[NCSULandscaper]

sounds like that nursery allowed them to get too dry at some point, ive grown quite a bit of them and if you keep them moist, but not overly wet they do great. The other thing could be mites, really mites and root rot are the only major pests to these things

[VoodooChile]

We get lots of winter burn on all species of Chamaecyparis, but that's Wisconsin.

Maybe they were pot-bound after sitting at the nursery all summer, and the roots weren't sufficiently disturbed at planting to actively root and grow this spring. A tug on the plant would prove or disprove this theory. If they pop right out, that is.

[agla]

Thanks for the replies.

I think their current growing conditions are good. They just have to recover.

These guys were a bit toasted on the top middle. They were very heavily foliated in #3 pots last summer in the nursery. Maybe a little too much plant and a little too little pot. My belief is that these areas of the plant are a bit injured and are a little short on delivering the moisture necessary to sustain strong growth. I'm hoping that they will literally grow out of it.

We had a very mild winter. Great flowering on everything this spring & summer. Roses, especially. Mountain Laurels and Kousa Dogwoods are way nicer than usual.