Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides. Native to South West China , this tree was discovered in the wild by a botanist T. Kan in 1941 and introduced into cultivation in 1948. It is a rapidly growing tree and in some 20 years this specimen has attained 11m. It has an elegant conical shape with a fluted trunk, particularly noticeable in winter. Green linear leaves are arranged in flattened ranks and provide attractive autumn colour. Green globular cones occur in hot summers. A deciduous conifer, autumn colour is a pale yellow hue. Source: Dr Mary Forrest, UCD.
Dawn Redwood - March
Dawn Redwood - March
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Link: Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
Link: Royal Horticultural Society, UK
Link: North Carolina State University: catelogue of trees: Dawn Redwood
Link: Plantdatabase.co.uk
Link: Video of Dawn Redwood on Youtube
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