I purchased two lemon cypress (http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/76495/) from Home Depot, along with with a few others as border plants (moonglow juniper). They are all doing well except for the lemon cypresses. Are they dead, or is the brown color just the summer foilage?
Looks dead
If want to make sure, scratch one of the branches and see if there is any green left under the "skin"
Does not look good. Is the brown foliage crispy? breaks off easily?
Ditto the scratch test. You should be able to scrape a small spot of bark with a fingernail or pruning shears or knife.
Poobear, we are almost neighbors!
Both of my plants died :(. I realized when pulling them out that the roots looked like they strangled themselves (in the pot too long at the store I think?). I made sure to check the moisture daily since I read those plants are water sensitive, and there wasn't any bug issues that I could tell of.. :( So sad.
Shune - I grew up in Burien! I also work there now too :).
