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Studying and growing the species since 1967.
In 1967 I regularly watched and studied one of the first Dawn Redwoods planted in the...Read More
I planted some saplings approximately 12" tall in the spring of 2018 near my pond during a really dry year here in North Texas. I watered...Read More
Planted one 10 years ago at the bottom of the drive, next to a rain garden, to catch the runoff. It has grown to a foot in diameter at t...Read More
I received my Dawn Redwood as a small bare root plant about 3 years ago.
Although like other Florida gardeners, it has bee...Read More
We started with a 15" tree in 1998. Today, the tree towers over our house at about 40'. It is very beautiful when it leafs out in lime gr...Read More
I want to brag and say i have the tallest dawn redwood in Virginia. I have 8 that mark this area. They reseed everywhere. Someday, there ...Read More
This is one of my favorite trees in our yard. I planted it spring of 2010 and it was about 6" tall. I got it from Arborday. Last fall ...Read More
This deciduous coniferous tree grows VERY fast and gets VERY big VERY quickly. It's capable of growing 3' per year, year after year.
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We planted 3 bareroot trees about 15 years ago. They are about 40 feet high, magestic, happy and healthy. They like "wet feet", and sun...Read More
We grow the 'Ogon' or 'Gold Rush' cultivar. Dawn Redwoods grow about 5-6 feet a year when young if sited with afternoon shade. (Many g...Read More
This is a wonderful tree.
My name is D.A. Hänks, and I am the chief conservation officer with the Crescent Ridge Dawn Red...Read More
i tried to grow one, but every summer the foliage would get devoured by leaf diseases that thrive in florida heat and humidity. it would ...Read More
I planted 25 Dawn Redwoods in Wasilla Alaska (zone 4) and they are doing GREAT so far. Only 1 week in the ground and already they have 1 ...Read More
Our Dawn Redwood which is 9 years old appears to be dying. This late in the spring and only a few limbs have leaves. It dropped it's le...Read More
I planted a 4 foot tree about 2 years ago. My son wanted to grow a redwood, so he considers it his tree. It grew 3 feet the first year a...Read More
I love the look of these trees but have had a problem with one we planted almost 20 years ago. It is in an area where it does not get mu...Read More
My father planted a dawn redwood "sapling" about 40 years ago at our house in suburban Detroit. Today, this gorgeous tree is over 60 fee...Read More
I bought 4 "sticks" about 4 feet tall each and planted them in 4 different areas. One full sun and one much sun, each watered only by spr...Read More
I planted a dawn redwood tree three years ago. It was about 9" tall, now it is 9' 9". This spring I am planting a coast redwood.The dawn ...Read More
I LOVE Metasequoia Glyptostroboides (Dawn Redwood). Ok---so I bought 2 rooted cuttings on eBay and a sickly 7 foot tall specimen from a l...Read More
I moved into my quirky home last May. Outside my bedroom window stands a 30 foot high tree that is the most beautiful visual and aural e...Read More
I first learned of this tree when visiting the Raleigh Memorial Rose Garden, they have 3 that are over 50 feet tall.
I wa...Read More
I planted a bare root twig last year...it has toped 10 feet by the end of its second summer. It is healthy and has a nice delicate folia...Read More
We have a Dawn Redwood in our backyard at home...it's a beautiful tree that has withstood more drought and floods than we would have care...Read More
I planted this tree in celebration of my nephew's birth. It has grown approximately 1 foot since April but I anticipate a more productive...Read More
There is a nice specimen in Harwood, MD just north of Southern High School on Route 2 Solomons Island Road, The last house on the right b...Read More
This is a lovely specimen tree, and I highly recommend it to anyone who has a spot open in their landscape. Keep in mind the tree does gr...Read More
Propagation via cuttings:
Take Hardwood cuttings that have undergone at least one month of complete Dormancy. Use a rooti...Read More
Just a warning....Tent Worms LOVE this tree! I have been fighting them for three years and had never had them before..
We were given a Dawn Redwood that was in a pot in May. It was very small. We put it in our yard and it grew over 2 feet in two months. W...Read More
It surprises me how tolerant of standing water this tree is.
We planted one two years ago with little consideration for it's place...Read More
The presence of the carpenter bees and the dropping branches makes me think it may only have been a matter of time anyway. Carpenter bee...Read More
It broke my heart to take this tree down. Previous owners had built our deck around it and it is a very dirty tree for a living area. A...Read More
About 7 years ago my dad ordered 3 Dawn Redwood saplings. He gave the smallest one to me. I planted it in the center of my front yard. ...Read More
Tree does well in higher zones than listed- found a healthy, happy tree in Escondido, Southern California, zone 9b, bordering on 10a.
Grows rapidly with regular watering. Light textured plant, beautiful fall color. Needles are fine and rapidly vanish in the garden. Will ...Read More
There is now a selected clone of this plant with golden foliage called Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Goldrush'. It makes a very attractiv...Read More
Metasequoia is a "living fossil". Until they found a population of this genus in China in this century, science only knew about Metasequo...Read More