Project Description

Category: Evergreen-Trees
Botanical Name: Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn Redwood
Mature Height: 75-100′
Mature Spread: 25′

Shape: Conical
Foliage: Medium green turning to bright reddish-brown in fall
Fall Color: bright reddish-brown
Flower:
Fruit: Elongated or rounded cones
Description: Dubbed a ‘living fossil’, this coniferous tree grows with an orange-brown, thick, tapering trunk and a broad, buttressed base. Displaying the characteristic conifer shape, the dawn redwood has a narrow, pyramidal foliage with sparse, upward-sweeping branches, and straight, needle-like leaves. Green in the spring and summer, the leaves of this deciduous tree turn a vibrant reddish-brown before falling to the ground in autumn and are delicate and soft to the touch.