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The Dawn Redwood Tree - Beyond Fast Grow

I am always asked by customers what is a nice fast growing tree. Dawn Redwoods always come to mind. It s soft needles are child friendly and give the branches a graceful calm look. Its red trunk is pleasing in the winter. Looking alot like a bald cypress but not requiring as much water, its finds many applications in the urban landscape. This tree proves that scientists don't know when a tree is extinct. Fossil records showed that this tree was extinct for 35 million years, yet this deciduous conifer fooled them all until 1945 when it was rediscovered in a remote valley of Central China in 1945. Dawn Redwood or The Dinosaur Tree, is offically called, "Metasequoia glyptostroboides". The Dawn Redwood first came to America in 1945 in seeds and has shown to be viable in zones 6 to 8.


This tree grows fast and can reach 75 to 100 feet by 25 feet in diameter. It likes full sun to partial shade and is tolerant of moist to dry soils with ph ranges of 3.7 to 7.0. Go ahead and plant it in clay soils, loam or sand. Its bright green, feathery, needle-like foliage will turn brown and will drop quickly in the fall. Thus this plant will be suitable for a great summer screen or a specimen plant. This plant is great for a Hort 101 beginner. It is easy to grow, pest free, adaptable, grows fast, and has soft bright green needles, and of course we have hundreds of 3-4' plants ready for your landscape. You can see more tree and shrub descriptions at my web site Http://www.seedlingsrus.com

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Bill raises trees ,plants, and shrubs in Doylestown Pa.