no conifer holds its needles forever.. interior browning is normal on a cycle.. and increased by stresses ... and yours is still under transplant stresses ...

some of the non interior.. sure look like a dog .. possible???

also.. that area could have been affected by the physical planting and hoiking of the plant ...

make sure its properly watered.. and you should be all set... its not hungry.. no fert ...

if you want to discuss further.. where are you.. when planted.. how planted.. how watered since ... potted or BB?

ken

Yours is not dying but this one is (please, someone tell me it has a chance, pic taken today) and I have no idea why. 3 years in the ground always looked fine then it went downhill quickly starting about a month ago.. If I had to guess, I didnt plant it on a high enough mound. My "soil" is very wet as leeches and mole salamanders live in it. It also could use more sun.

A buck snapped the trunk of this one to the ground 2-3 years ago(it was about 5-6' tall). It is starting to pick up speed in its growth.

None of the conifers in my front yard get as much sun as they should(pic is taken facing North) My house will start about 5' back from bottom of above pic, I had about 40-50 dump trucks of fill dirt brought in as last summer the footprint of my future house was full of frogs-sorry frogs. That is an American Basswood, Behind/to left of basswood is a 90?' Norway spruce, Sorry for hijack, took some pics today.