Dawn Redwood Bonsai Tree

The dawn redwood comes from china and is deciduous while the coast redwood is native to the coastal regions of northern california and oregon and is evergreen.
Dawn redwood bonsai tree. The needles are deciduous and quite pretty in the fall when the airy light green spray turns to yellow and then to bronze before shedding from the trees. The tallest tree in the world is a coast redwood. The dawn redwood is an astonishing relic from the distant past. Dawn redwood bonsai tree metasequoia glyptostroboides metasequoia dawn redwood is a fast growing deciduous tree and the sole living species metasequoia glyptostroboides is one of three species of conifers known as redwoods.
The only evidence that the tree ever existed in the first place had been fossils all the way until the 1940 s when it was re discovered in manchuria china. The dawn redwood and the coast redwood are both very tall upright trees with soft needle shaped foliage. 195 00 dawn redwood metasequoia glyptostroboides forest. The needles are deciduous and quite pretty in the fall when the airy light green spray turns to yellow and then to bronze before shedding from the trees.
The dawn redw metasequoia glyptosroboides bonsai care dawn redwood bonsai care about the dawn redwood bonsai tree the dawn redwood is a fast growing bonsai tree that s important for cultivation as its critically endangered. The original dawn redwood bonsai trees are hearty conifers that have a lacey type of needled foliage on gracefully upswept branches. If buying from october onwards please note the leaves will be more yellow orange before shedding. In a rush of possibly misplaced enthusiasm i bought a nice fat trunked but straight dawn redwood.
Its native to manchuria china where the local villagers refer to it as shui sa or water fir. In the 40 s the dawn redwood became a popular decorative tree in parks gardens and was eventually used for bonsai. Naturally i am not intending to do anything drastic with it until the spring and will feed and invigorate the thing for the time being. Outdoor deciduous beautiful dawn redwood bonsai tree approximately 45 50cm tall and in a ceramic bonsai pot.
It is native to the sichuan hubei region of china. The original dawn redwood bonsai trees are hearty conifers that have a lacey type of needled foliage on gracefully upswept branches. Both species are suitable for bonsai.