Plant Details
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush'
Dawn Redwood
Exposure:
Part Shade
Plant Category:
Conifers
Height:
Minimum 70 feet , Maximum 100 feet
Width: Minimum 15 feet , Maximum 25 feet
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Width: Minimum 15 feet , Maximum 25 feet
This gorgeous, golden-foliage, Japanese selection of the living fossil tree, dawn redwood is somewhat less monsterous in size than its green kin. Medium to fast growing. eventually to 100' tall x 15' wide in as many years. Full to part sun with adequate summer water and well-drained soil. Winter deciduous. Frost hardy in USDA zone 5.
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5 Nurseries Carry This Plant:
| Name | City/State | Phone | Prod Type | Availability | |
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| Columbia Nursery LLC | Canby, OR | Email now | 503-263-2623 | BB: X Container: X | |
| Countryside Nursery | Aurora, OR | Email now | 503-678-0511 | Container: 1 | |
| J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. | Boring, OR | Email now | 503-663-4128 | Container: X |
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| Northwest Shade Trees, a division of J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co | Salem, OR | Email now | 503-463-1700 | BB: X |
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| Western Evergreen | Silverton, OR | Email now | 503-873-0119 | BB: X Container: X Liner: X |
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Comments
Submitted by Ref: Plantlust.com on 11/8/2012 4:20 PM
A really beautiful tree: it's not just its golden color (which is, indeed, fine) but it's overall lushness... even in full sun ; heat; not as fast or as large as the species but with similar rose-orange fall color. SUN/Med
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Submitted by Ref: Plantlust.com on 11/8/2012 4:20 PM
Brilliant gold new growth in spring on upright branches of reddish-tan. Architectural trunk with undulating ridges with age. Apricot fall color. Large tree.
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