In hot dry spells give the equivalent of 2 bucketfuls every three days. It is essential throughout the spring and summer, to give a heavy enough watering to enable the water to penetrate right down to the deepest root level of the tree. The main reason that plants die within 12 months of having been planted is lack of water. It is now widespread in parks and gardens throughout the world.Р”Р‡or the continued healthy growth of your trees, shrubs or hedging it is vital that you follow the advice below.

In 1948 the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University sent an expedition to collect seeds and, soon after, seedling trees were distributed to various universities and arboreta worldwide for growth trials.

The genus Metasequoia was first described as a fossil from the Mesozoic 65 to 200 million years ago, however in 1943 a small stand of an unidentified tree was discovered in China in Lichuan County, Hubei these were not studied further until 1946 and only finally described as a new living species, Metasequia glyptostroboides in 1948. The Dawn Redwood is in some ways a botanical oddity as it is the only living member of it genus. In this respect it is also similar to Swamp Cypress (Taxodium distichum) with which it also shares a liking for wet even boggy ground.Р”Вawn Redwood will grow in most situations, it will grow best in deep loamy moist soils, it does not like dry soils but will cope well with waterlogging even to the extent of growing in standing water. It is not currently known if it will get as large as its parent tree. However, this mistake should only be made in the summer for unlike its redwood cousin, the Sequoia, Metasquoia is a deciduous conifer whose needles turn a reddish-brown before falling off in the autumn. The leaves which are short, broad needles, could be mistaken for those of the Yew.

The Dawn Redwood has the familiar conical coniferous shape, with sparse upward sweeping branches giving the tree a narrow form. Goldrush is a golden-yellow leaved cultivar of the Dawn Redwood, discovered in Japan as a seedling. METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES GOLDRUSH РІР‚вЂњ Golden Dawn Redwood

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