Dawn Redwood Tree - METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES Plant - Soft Foliage, Bronze Autumn Colours, EXFOLIATING BARK - 40-60cm Tall Plant in a 8 or 9cm Pot

• Well established, 40-60cm tall, strong, branched plant sent in a sturdy 9cm pot. Grown on our nursery in North Wales and ready to be planted out now.
• with our special packing method, developed by us (no plant movement in transit)
• a living fossil, native to China, rarely offered
• cinnamon coloured, exfoliating bark, bright fresh green, soft foliage, turning a foxy red-brown in fall
• drought tolerant, easy to grow, underrated, ideal for hedging or bonsai too

Metasequoia glyptostroboides is an unusual, deciduous conifer tree, but can be kept as a shrub or hedge. Dawn Redwood is a living fossil, endangered in the wild. Dawn redwoods grow naturally in the remote province of Szechwan, China. This population was only discovered in 1940, before this time, scientists believed the plant is extinct and was only known through fossil records. They can be confused with Bald cypress but its leaves grow in an opposite arrangement, not in spiral. Dawn redwoods will not grow knees like Bald cypress, a tree that grows best in swampy conditions. Dawn redwood will thrive best in full sun and moist, deep, well drained soil, but it is drought tolerant. This plant can grow 50-80 cm a year, finally reaching 25-30m in height with a 6-8m spread but if pruned, they can be used as a high hegde or even a small soliter tree in the garden. If planted into a pot, they can live on the patio or it can be formed into a bonsai. Dawn redwood trunks are remarkably straight and the tree grows in a tall, slender, pyramidal shape. Even the seedlings are very hardy and care-free. With their cinnamon coloured, exfoliating bark and deciduous nature this plant can be a real pearl of any garden. The leaves turn to lovely bronze then brown colour in autumn.