Dawn Redwood Metasequoia Bonsai
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.
Dawn redwood metasequoia bonsai. Dawn redwood metasequoia glyptosroboides. The tallest tree in the world is a coast redwood. Metasequoia glyptostroboides bonsai is a dwarf selection of dawn redwood with short bluish green needles and pendant branch tips. Metasequoia glyptostroboides the dawn redwood is a fast growing critically endangered deciduous conifer tree sole living species of the genus metasequoia and one of three species of conifers known as redwoods.
Dawn redwood bonsai care. Download these instructions. I visit three full size dawn redwood metasequoia trees to get some styling inspiration for my bonsai. In the future i want to make a chokkan style bonsai with this tree bonsai techniques metasequoia.
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. Der urweltmammutbaum metasequoia glyptostroboides auch chinesisches rotholz metasequoie oder wassertanne genannt gilt als lebendes fossil er wurde erst im jahre 1941 in einer unzugänglichen bergregion in den regionen sichuan und hubei der volksrepublik china entdeckt und war zuvor nur durch fossilienfunde bekannt. No two specimens are the same. Dawn redwood metasequoia glyptostroboides a deciduous conifer hails from china where it was believed to be extinct until a small grove of.
Redwoods metasequoia sequoia care guide for redwood bonsai trees. I do the first styling root prune and plant my dawn redwood tree to get it started as a bonsai. The dawn redwood is a good choice for bonsai as it can be trained into most styles especially informal upright styles. The dawn redwood and the coast redwood are both very tall upright trees with soft needle shaped foliage.
Its native to manchuria china where the local villagers refer to it as shui sa or water fir the dawn redw. Care maintenance of a dawn redwood bonsai tree. Having once been feared to have become extinct being known only through fossils the dawn redwood was rediscovered in the. It s bark is rich dark brown and spongy and it s overall structure is quite irregular.
Typical rate of growth in most areas is up to 4 inches 10 cm per year resulting in an interesting focal point 3 feet 1 m tall and 4 feet 1. Known as the dinosaur tree the quick growing dawn redwood or metasequoia glyptostrobides was originally found in manchuria china and is one of the most exciting of the redwood family.