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Metasequoia glyptostroboides
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Dawn Redwood
Description
Metasequoia glyptostroboides is a native from China that was thought to be extinct, don't worry it was rediscovered in the 1940's.
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
( Dawn Redwood )
This large growing, deciduous conifer may reach heights of 60 feet and 25 feet wide. A fast grower, reaching 50 feet in just 15 or 20 years.
Metasequoia glyptostroboides. DAWN REDWOOD. China
TAXODIACEAE (Taxodium family) ...
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush' was found as a seedling in Japan and was named 'Golden Ogi', which means the golden mantle. Dutch horticulturalist Peter Zweinburg brought it to Europe and changed the name to 'Gold Rush'.
Botanical Name: Metasequoia glyptostroboides Genus: Metasequoia ...
USDA Plants Database - Horticulture
Metasequoia glyptostroboides is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and is not known to widely escape cultivaton.
The Story of the Dawn Redwood
An excellent description of the discovery of Metasequoia glyptostroboides by scientists in the 1940s is in, A Reunion of Trees, by Stephen A. Spongberg, Harvard Univ. Press, 1990.
#729 Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Common Names: dawn redwood
Family: Taxodiaceae (bald-cypress Family)
Wallpaper Gallery (1 images) ...
Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Chinese Mammoth Tree)
10 (40)m, Chinese Mammoth Tree, a pyramidal summer green conifer with bright green needles, and a reddish brown, fissuring bark. Small, brown seed capsules in autumn on older specimens.
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Metrosideros excelsa
Mexican Ageratum (Ageratum houstonianum 'Fine Wine')
Mexican Blue Oak (Quercus oblongifolia)
Mexican Blue Palm (Brahea armata)
Mexican Bush Sage (Salvia leucantha) ...
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush' is now available from a number of nurseries in Europe and regularly exported to the Far East and the United States.
Metasequoia glyptostroboides : Dawn Redwood - Foliage
Morus alba 'Chaparral' : Weeping White Mulberry - Whole Plant
Nyssa aquatica : Water Tupelo - Landscape ...
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
This fast-growing, deciduous conifer can reach 50 feet after 15 to 20 years, and eventually reaches a height of 70 to
100 feet.
Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) (deciduous conifer)
Dogwood (Cornus)
Elm (Ulmus)
Eucalyptus, gum tree (Eucalyptus sp.)
Evodia (Evodia sp.)
Fig (Ficus carica)
Franklinia (Franklinia alatamaha)
Fringetree (Chionanthus)
Golden Raintree ...
Their cousins the dawn redwoods (Metasequoia glyptostroboides), and Sierra redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum) are far superior as isolated specimen trees, but can also look splendid in a grove.
Latin: Metasequoia glyptostroboides
With only a limited amount of room in our gardens, it makes sense to use plants that have multiple seasons of interest or at least a good story to tell.
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Paulownia. Will do well in damp soil especially if pollarded back each year.
Populus - The Poplars. Damp rather than permanently wet. White Poplar seemingly better.
Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Norway Spruce Picea abies
White Spruce P. glauca
Serbian Spruce P. omorika
Oriental Spruce P. orientalis
Colorado Spruce P. pungens
Blue Colorado Spruce P. pungens var. glauca ...
Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn Redwood)
Sciadopitys verticillata (Japanese Umbrella Pine)
Sequoia sempervirens (California Redwood, Coast Redwood)
Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant Sequoia)
Taxodium ascendens (Pond Cypress) ...
Metasequoia - Dwarf Redwoods
Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood
Sequoia - True Redwoods
Sequoia sempervirens - Coast Redwood; California Redwood; Giant Redwood ...
ALSO CONSIDER
Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides), Zone 5b
Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia), Zone 5
Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia), Zone 5b ...
Metasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn redwood) AGM. Height 30m (100ft).
Taxodium distichum (swamp cypress) AGM - for acid or neutral soils. Height 30m (100ft).
Thuja occidentalis (American arbor-vitae). Height 20m (70ft).
Berberis julianae
Berberis thunbergii
Cryptomeria japonica
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Microbiota decussata
Taxodium distichum
Taxus baccata 'Repandens'
Taxus cuspidata 'Capitata'
Taxus x media ...
59. Dawn Redwood
(Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Family: Cupressaceae
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 See also: Metasequoia, Sequoia, Redwood, Dawn redwood, Green
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