![]() ![]() Don’t forget to check out the wide selection of other deciduous conifers. ![]() The deciduous foliage goes rich orange in fall before dropping to show off beautiful peeling bark for winter. Left unstaked, it will form a billowing, low pyramid. We do not ship small orders due to the prohibitive cost of shipping live plant material. Just beautiful photographs All photographs ofDawn redwood or Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Taxodiaceae) Metasequoia glyptostroboides Winter photos of bark. If staked, it can be rather tall and narrow. Soft, bright green leaflets are held in two opposite ranks, giving the leaves a feathery appearance. It does well in our long growing seasons. Metasequoia glyptostroboides dawn redwood A vigorous, fast-growing conifer with fibrous, orange-brown bark, making a large, narrowly conical tree to 25m tall. The Dawn Redwood is tolerant of wet soils it grows in the full sun, preferring moist, deep, well-drained soil. ![]() Winter aspect is delightful, with the red-brown fibrous bark, fluted trunks and interesting branch structure. It grows rapidly to 30-50 feet in twenty years, and may eventually be over 100 feet tall. Their fresh bright green turns to a warm golden bronze before they drop cleanly in the fall. This ancient tree has silky new needles that stay soft to the touch. Since then, it has become a favored landscape plant. This deciduous conifer is sometimes referred to as the fossil tree because it was once known only from fossil records! A small grove of living Metasequoias was discovered deep in China in the 1940's. Always choose healthy well grown plants and plant after autumn rains as the soil is moist and warm and allows trees to become established before winter. Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood Group(s): All Plants > Conifers > Deciduous ![]()
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