Dawn Redwood in mid-late Autumn.
41 North (Zone 7a/b, NE, coastal)
5 months ago
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Dawn Redwood vs Bald Cypress
Comments (63)Beng, Initially, I thought it may be Taxodium mucronatum. I asked around. A few thought it looked like T. mucronatum. A director of university arboretum liked its form and asked for cones. He noted that the size of seeds fall in between mucronatum and distichum. The key difference between these two species is that mucronatum stays green about a month longer (starts growth early and can retain green foliage significantly longer into late fall/early winter. Even most of winter if it is mild enough. However, this one is drops its foliage at the same time as other bald cypress trees so who knows? I wish I could find out where it came from. I haven't seen any bald cypress like that....See MoreOdds on Dawn Redwood Needle Damage?
Comments (4)well.. if you already see damage.. then i guess the odds are high ... that you will have damage .... beyond that.. i dont know what you want us to tell you ... mother nature is a cruel mistress ... keep your fingers crossed.. make a sacrifice to the pagan dawn redwood gods.. and good luck .... i had one.. that for 5 years straight .... got blasted.. twice a spring by frost/freeze [completely denuded of growth] .... and grew bigger than its twin sister [which never frosted].. 6 feet higher on the hill ... then the main trunk died at 3 feet ..... no clue if related to frost issues ... and its still bigger than the other from new growth .... if plain old.. plain old... [not some foo foo cultivar derivative] .... you are going to have a hard time killing the thing ... and a little cold weather isnt going to do much to it ... other than make it not look pretty soon enough in spring ... ken...See MoreToo late to grow a dawn redwood?
Comments (12)So the redwood seedling can survive winter only if their stem is wooden or can they survive even smaller? Because my giant sequoia seedling are no more taller than 4inch and their stem is ~ 0.07inch wide. And i will order a pack of dawn redwood seeds later this year and cold stratify them until february. I may sound as a beginner "because I'm one :)" but I'm interested in this kind of hobby and getting info from you guys, it helps a lot....See MoreFall Color In Dawn Redwood...worth taking cuttings?
Comments (21)Hmm, looks a bit more red than normal..... If you do take cuttings.. you can do it the way instructed above.. or sometimes I take cuttings of the new growth around june or july.. basically each individual branch has opposite arrangement of short shoots (pic 2 shows the shoots I am referring too, just at take the cuttings at the beginning of the season) Each of these shoots can be cut at the start of the branch, dipped in rooting hormone, and planted in a shady area, with dappled sunlight.. they should root within a few weeks. I have always had success this way. Best of luck! J...See Moretsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
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