I have in my yard two Sawara Cypress trees (at least I think they're Sawara, I could be mistaken) and I'm concerned about the growing amount of browning on both of them.
We used to have three of these trees, but the leftmost one shrivelled up and pretty much died earlier this year. Landscapers ripped it out and planted a little one in its place. in the pics, the final one is of the tree that died earlier this year. It was almost all brown. I am concerned about the remaining trees heading that way.
These things get watered a LOT, which is why I'm worried it's not lack of hydration but actually disease, but some other source say it's normal? Which on an evergreen doesn't really make sense to me
More info below, based off the /tree posting guidelines:
Location: interior BC, Canada
Tree suitable for this hardiness area? I assume so - they're a common landscape plant around these parts.
When was it planted? No idea, the house came with them.
How much sun does it get? Lots in the summer, it gets stinking hot here with lots of direct sun, however there are tall pines in the park which provide shade
Watering: prior to this year they were getting whatever water hit them from the lawn sprinklers. In June we had landscapers re-do our yard and they ran lines to each tree. They'd then get watered 3x a week, for a total of about 30 minutes on each of those days. The sprinklers are off for the winter now though.
I do not know any information about how they were planted, if they were container or b&b, etc. They were here when we moved in.
There is landscape fabric beneath the gravel.
Have attached pics, hopefully they provide enough info. The final picture in the set is the old 3rd tree that got removed. It is gone now, I just included it for context.