#GOLD RUSH METASEQUOIA FULL#

It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone. Wildlife: The Dawn Redwood provides winter cover for birds, small mammals and deer.Д¬old Stream Farm supplies Dawn Redwood trees which are grown as bare root seedlings and transplants and sold both wholesale and retail with no minimum order.ДЄdditional information on Metasequoia glyptostroboides can be found on the link: USDA / NRCS Plants Database. Gold Rush Dawn Redwood is an open deciduous tree with a strong central leader and a distinctive and refined pyramidal form.

Makes a good lawn tree to provide shade, for golf courses, needs space to develop.

Autumn Foliage turns a unique pinkish tan to reddish bronze before dropping in the fall. Fernlike, foliage is medium to bright green. Notes: вЂDeciduous coniferвЂ™ that drops its needles in autumn. Avoid locating the plant in frost pockets since late growth is injured by early fall frosts.

#GOLD RUSH METASEQUOIA FULL#

Very rapid grower, best on slightly acidic soils, full sun is needed. Photographed at Savage Plants in Kingston, Washington.Mature Heigh/spreadt: 50-90 ft. Now if you will excuse me, I need to go negotiate myself some visiting rights for a tree next door. If you have room to grow this conifer, it will be a stunning addition to your landscape. It is, however, important to give it some irrigation during our long summer drought. Dawn Redwood Gold Rush, Water Fir Gold Rush, Gold Rush, Metasequoia glyptostroboides Golden Oji, Metasequoia glyptostroboides Ogon Winner of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society Grows up to 70-80 ft. The bark is interesting on this deciduous tree, with deep fissures, giving it winter interest. In spring, the needles return an almost chartreuse yellow color. It then turns orange-brown in fall, when it sheds its needles. Metasequoia 'Gold Rush' keeps its coloring well into summer. I wonder, is he trying to show me up by planting a living relic in his backyard? So now I can enjoy the view of his tree from my back yard. Thankfully, my young friend, a beginning gardener who lives next door, bought one and planted it. I could plant it, but eventually it would outgrow the space I have available. I went home to try to find room for just one more tree in my garden. I found myself smitten with its fall coloring one day in the nursery. In the Pacific Northwest, the gold foliage will not burn in full sun, unlike other gold foliage that has this tendency. It has not been in cultivation long enough for it to reach its full potential. This is a fast-growing tree, reaching 15-20 feet in ten years, after 20 or more years it will reach 50 feet. Deeply fissured bark provides winter interest. In spring, the needles emerge nearly chartreuse-yellow, hold their color well into summer, then turn orange brown in fall before dropping. This fast-growing, pyramidal conifer has soft fern-like gold foliage that tends to not burn in full sun.

The name, Metasequoia, comes from the Greek word meta, meaning changed and refers to sequoia, which it is related to. Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush'. Dutch horticulturalist Peter Zweinburg brought it to Europe and changed the name to 'Gold Rush'. Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush' was found as a seedling in Japan and was named 'Golden Ogi', which means the golden mantle. Delicate flat sprays of narrow, bright chartreuse yellow leaves emerge in spring, mature to golden yellow in summer, before warming up to rich shades of orange-brown in the fall. Unlike most cone-bearing trees, it loses its foliage each winter. It features an upright, narrowly conical form that enhances many landscapes. Michael Dirr once wrote, 'This tree provides a case history of perhaps how endangered species should be managed. Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush' (Dawn Redwood) is a large deciduous coniferous tree of great beauty. Now, it is once again growing on this continent. This tree grew on the North American continent over 15 million years ago.

In Western Europe, Metasequoia glyptostroboides GOLDRUSH ('Ogon') with root balls can generally be planted from mid-November to late April, although this depends strongly on the climatic conditions and the species of tree. Once thought to be extinct, Dawn redwood was discovered in 1944 in China, soon after million year old fossils from Metasequoias were found in Japan. The right time to plant Metasequoia glyptostroboides GOLDRUSH ('Ogon') is during the dormancy period.

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