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Dawn Redwood
The bark is red- brown, fissured and exfoliating in long strips. It is feathery pyramidal in form with a straight, fluted trunk. It is a beautiful and stately tree, well suited for large areas. The Dawn Redwood tree, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, is a deciduous conifer, with soft needle-like leaves that look like evergreens, but are bright green in the spring and brilliant orange/red in the fall. This tree does best in full sun and when provided with adequate moisture. It grows very fast to 40’ and can grow to 70’. It makes a very effective, fast growing screen, perfect as a long driveway alley. The species is over 50 million years old. Dawn Redwood trees are a very ornamental and interesting large tree, one of the few deciduous conifers in the world. It is a very hardy tree and tolerates windy sites. The Dawn Redwood has been called "a living fossil" because it was first discovered in Japan in 1941 and then found growing in the wild in China. The needles are shed in the cold season of winter. ... details
Goldenrain Tree-Chin. Flame It is a medium to rapid growing tree with medium green oval leaves. The Chinese Flame tree, Koelreuteria bipinnata, is a deciduous tree that has a round canopy. Chinese Flame trees are drought tolerant and can tolerate poor drainage, poor soils, smog and temperature extremes. It does best in full sun. The deep, non-invasive roots rarely disturb sidewalks. The seed pods are long and orange, red or salmon-colored papery in color. The beautiful flower clusters attract birds and bees. |
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