Berkshire, United Kingdom

I bought two 7ft tall Italian Cypress trees back in May/April this year. They were very healthy looking and we followed the planting advice from the garden centre. However, just lately they are looking very brown in patches all over and quite bald in patches in the lower section. I'm wondering if this is normal for this time of year or could it have been the wet weather? Is there anything I can do to perk them up?

• 31 Aug, 2012