The front yard slopes toward the sidewalk and while that is the general area that excess water drains, it's been dry here this month with barely over an inch of rain, the bulk of it the day after I mowed. Rain being forecast for that day is why I chose to mow Monday. I did run the sprinkler once but it was three or four days before mowing and with the warm up we had, it was almost bone dry by the time I mowed. I did fertilize but it was almost two months ago. Also, I haven't spot sprayed for weeds in the lawn in front yet this year.

sounds like a hard frost.. or freeze ....if you lived in z5 .... affects one plant.. and misses something right next to it.. go figure ... any recollection of such in the last 2 weeks??? ken

first.. inform your seller .... of how many seem to be browning.. perfect your guarantee ... they may reship in fall for replacement ... second.. stop watering unless your finger.. inserted to 3 inches.. indicated the soil is dry .... next.. what type of soil do you have .... did you plant them at the proper height .... at the point where they were planted prior ... finally .... i would not start shaping them for a year or two .. if you have good soil .. NEVER feed them .... unless a soil test indicates something is lacking from you soil ... finally .... they were kind of big for bare root .... but that said.. consider that you planted 40 trees ... if a few die.. thats what happens when you work in volume .... even the pro's would expect some problems ..... exactly how many of the 40 have significant problems .... any chance you can post some pix???? ken

Apparently it is fairly common for 'Blue Ivory' to respond in this fashion to stresses the plant may be under, such as hail damage, heat or WHY. I suspect the 'greening' of the leaves is an attempt on the plant's part to provide as much chlorophyl as possible to increase nutrition uptake and help the plant through its stress. One of mine did that last year, and it's fine this year......I would expect yours to be hunky-dory next year also. Pieter