7/1/2023 0 Comments Metasequoia![]() ![]() ![]() Our new book to be released soon is Edible Shrubs. Book titles include Edible Plants, Edible Perennials, Edible Trees, and Woodland Gardening. Plants For A Future have a number of books available in paperback and digital form. Type a value in the Celsius field to convert the value to Fahrenheit: References Carbon Farming Information and Carbon Sequestration Information Temperature Converter Special Features:Īttractive foliage, Not North American native, Inconspicuous flowers or blooms. This plant was only known from fossil records until it was discovered growing wild in China in 1941. New growth takes place from May to August. However, unless the tree is in a sheltered position and a moist soil the growth rate reduces dramatically once it is 6 metres tall. Growth can be very rapid when young with annual increases of 1 metre common. It grows best in south-eastern England and poorly in Scotland where it suffers from the lack of summer warmth. The fresh spring growth, however, is subject to damage by late frosts. A very hardy plant when dormant, tolerating temperatures down to about -30°c. Requires a sunny position but likes as much side shelter as possible. It is slow growing in dry soils or shallow chalk but grows rapidly in moist or wet soils. Succeeds in most soils and situations, even in shallow standing water. ![]() By rights, it should probably be listed as Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon' GOLD RUSH to preserve its original cultivar name.Landscape Uses:Firewood, Pest tolerant, Specimen, Street tree. 'Gold Rush' was found as a seedling in a nursery in Japan where it was named 'Ogon' ('Golden Ogi' and 'Golden Mantel', also seen, are most likely translations.) Around 1993 Dutch horticulturist Peter Zweinburg of Boskoop, Holland obtained it and brought it into Europe for distribution under the name ‘Gold Rush’ ('Goldrush'). Trees will typically rise to 10-15’ tall over the first 10 years, eventually maturing over time to 70-100’ tall. It reportedly grows somewhat slower than the species. Foliage gradually turns orange-brown in fall. ‘Gold Rush’ is a cultivar that features soft, linear, feathery, fern-like foliage that is distinctively golden-yellow throughout summer. Specific epithet means resembling the genus Glyptostrobus. Genus name comes from the Greek words metra meaning with, after, sharing, or changed in nature and Sequoia to which it is related and to which fossil specimens were first referred. ![]() The twigs, needles and cone scales are in opposite pairs. Trees are monoecious, producing oval, light brown female cones (3/4” long) and pendant globose male cones (1/2” long). Foliage emerges light green in spring, matures to deep green in summer and turns red-bronze in fall. It features linear, feathery, fern-like foliage that is soft to the touch. Bark on mature trees is often deeply fissured. As the tree matures, the trunk broadens at the base and develops attractive and sometimes elaborate fluting. Seedlings grown therefrom were planted in front of the Lehmann Building at MBG in 1952 where they have now developed into large mature trees (70’+ tall). Seeds collected from the original site were made available to the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1947. However, it was not until 1941 that it was first discovered growing in the wild near the town of Modaoqi, China by Chinese forester, T. From fossil records, dawn redwood is known to have existed as many as 50,000,000 years ago. It is related to and closely resembles bald cypress ( Taxodium) and redwood ( Sequoia). Metasequoia glyptostroboides, commonly called dawn redwood, is a deciduous, coniferous tree that grows in a conical shape to 100’ tall. ![]()
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