looks like typical winter coloration ...

do you know where they came from ... not the store you got it from.. but from where it was shipped ...

awful close to that fence... my GG are about 20 feet tall.. and 10 to 15 feet wide ...

ken

Agree with Ken on both points.. That is, I *think* your plant will be OK....and it is too close to the fence. GG's definitely do display a bronze winter color in my experience with them. All that said-and you really should scootch it out a few feet more away from that fence-I'll bet it will green up normally.

My backyard is not too big and I was going to offer the trees as the fence to my neighbors in due time. What's the implications of having it too close to the fence? It will just grow out and push up against it no? Or will it restrict growth?

Ken -- it was shipped from a Nursery down in MD.

well.. if my are 15 feet wide ... that means half of that is 7.5 feet.. into your yard.. from the center trunk ... and 7.0 feet of plant rubbing on the fence behind ...

i dont know if MD is a colder zone then where ever you are ...

ken

You *could* leave them that close and remove all branches on the fence side-at the trunk, no stubs please-but even then, the trunks themselves may well grow right up to the fence. It would be best to scootch them out a couple/tree feet, I think. And yes, "scootch" is the technical term for that operation.