Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush' WW45 Dawn Redwood S2-
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush' WW45 Dawn Redwood S2- (Japan, 1974) Dawn Redwood, Size at 10 years: 10-15ft., golden yellow, orange brown in Fall, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month NA, In Garden Bed S2 for 8.4 YEARS (MSU). Planted in 2014.
Soft, linear, feathery, fern-like foliage that is distinctively golden-yellow throughout summer. Foliage gradually turns orange-brown in fall. It reportedly grows somewhat slower than the species. Trees will typically rise to 10-15' tall over the first 10 years, eventually maturing over time to 70-100' tall. ACS Collector's Choice. Planted in 2014. Grafted 2/5/2011 by MSU Jon. Seems to burn in full sun. This is the best that it has looked, 2019. Marketed as 'Gold Rush', proper name is Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon'. Trimmed up in Oct, 2021.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2014, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22:
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Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush' WW45 Dawn Redwood S2-
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush' WW45 Dawn Redwood S2- (Japan, 1974) Dawn Redwood, Size at 10 years: 10-15ft., golden yellow, orange brown in Fall, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month NA, In Garden Bed S2 for 8.4 YEARS (MSU). Planted in 2014.
Soft, linear, feathery, fern-like foliage that is distinctively golden-yellow throughout summer. Foliage gradually turns orange-brown in fall. It reportedly grows somewhat slower than the species. Trees will typically rise to 10-15' tall over the first 10 years, eventually maturing over time to 70-100' tall. ACS Collector's Choice. Planted in 2014. Grafted 2/5/2011 by MSU Jon. Seems to burn in full sun. This is the best that it has looked, 2019. Marketed as 'Gold Rush', proper name is Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon'. Trimmed up in Oct, 2021.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2014, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #Deciduous, #Conifer, # Metasequoia, #MetasequoiaGlyptostroboides, #DawnRedwood, #Ogon, #GoldRush, #Redwood, #WW45