There are two primary types of redwood that you can use for bonsai dawn redwood, or Metasequoia glyptostroboides or coast redwood, or Sequoia sempervirens. Trees have been destroyed particularly during the Cultural Revolution. Gustafson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Types of Redwood Bonsai Trees.
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In its natural habitat the dawn redwood is extremely threatened. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 50 Pcs Seeds Dawn Redwood Bonsai Grove Metasequoia Glyptostroboides Tree T F at the best online prices at eBay Free shipping for many. The biggest problem is the Finnish summer, which is rather too short, cool and dry. Given a long enough autumn to harden off, it is hardy to extreme cold. In the very south of Finland conifer enthusiasts have grown the species with varying success. The 1950s plantings have died, but new plantings have been made in 20 at the warm northern edge of the Alppiruusulaakso (Rhododendron Valley), near beeches, where they are protected from autumn frosts. Autumn colour is a warm light brown.įinland lies at the very extreme of hardiness for the dawn redwood. The dawn redwood’s needle-like leaves are bright fresh green and the trunk red-brown, becoming buttressed with age. Both the dawn redwood and the swamp cypresses enjoy moist to wet conditions and loose their needles in winter. The dawn redwood resembles its American relatives the swamp cypresses ( Taxodium). The tallest of these trees are now over 20m (65 ft.)
Mustila Arboretum was among the first to receive seeds, and plants grown from these seeds were sent to Gothenburg Botanic Garden as early as 1952. Understandably, several seed collecting expeditions were made to China in the late 1940s. Due to the war, it took two or three years to confirm that they were the first living individuals of the genus, the dawn redwoods. Michael Dirr says that this relative of a living fossil, which was thought to be extinct but rediscovered in 1941. But then in the early 1940s some strange trees were discovered in the Hubei province in China. Amber Glow Dawn Redwood Tree - Metasequoia glyptostroboides - 3 Gallon Pot Always wanted a redwood tree but dont have the space for a giant tree Meet the Amber Glow Dawn Redwood, a new variety with a much smaller stature. Earlier, the Metasequoia genus was only known through fossils.