
Tags: #deciduous #full sun tolerant #specimen #cones #large tree #fine texture #pyramidal #bonsai #tsc #street tree #fast growing #cpp #well-drained soil #deer resistant #Braham Arboretum #fantz #parks #tsc-cg 'Hamlet's Broom', 'Miss Grace', 'Ogon', Schirrmann's Nordlicht Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Bonsai Garden Cultivars / Varieties: VIDEO Created by Elizabeth Meyer for " Trees, Shrubs and Conifers" a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens. Face view of cone scale looks like puckered lips.Female cones are pendulous and ellipsoidal.Pins are opposite and resemble small pinnate leaves.It was first known from a fossil record, not living extant plants. Dawn Redwood was discovered during a plant expedition into remote China in the 1940s. It needs plenty of room to grow as it can grow to be 25' wide. It is also tolerant of pollution and can be used as a street tree. It can be utilized as a specimen tree for large areas such as parks, golf courses, large commercial or governmental grounds, and as a "living fossil". This plant has minimal pest and disease problems. It is tolerant of wet soils but intolerant of early frees. This plant prefers moist, deep, well-drained soils that are slightly acidic. Pin branchlets are paired, and drop as a unit. It has spreading branches that droop with age. This is a large, fast-growing, deciduous, pyramidal evergreen tree that grows up to 100' tall with attractive, feathery foliage that is easy to transplant. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.Phonetic Spelling met-uh-see-KWOY-uh glip-toh-stroh-BOY-deez Description Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is quite adaptable, prefering to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water.
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This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live to a ripe old age of 100 years or more think of this as a heritage tree for future generations! It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 4 feet from the ground, and should not be planted underneath power lines. Gold Rush Dawn Redwood will grow to be about 50 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 25 feet. Gold Rush Dawn Redwood is recommended for the following landscape applications It has no significant negative characteristics. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. This is a relatively low maintenance tree, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone. Gold Rush Dawn Redwood is an open deciduous tree with a strong central leader and a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. The peeling indian red bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant. The ferny bipinnately compound leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding gold in the fall. Gold Rush Dawn Redwood has attractive chartreuse foliage which emerges yellow in spring. An interesting deciduous conifer variety with a very delicate, ferny appearance and a pyramidal form shaggy, attractive reddish bark breathtaking yellow-chartreuse foliage changes to a deep golden fall color, makes a stunning color accent tree
