Dawn Redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) is a fast-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 4-8, that matures to about 70-100 ft × 15-25 ft. It does best in full sun with high water needs in well-drained and occasionally-wet soil. It blooms in brown. It stands up well to deer and wet soil.

USDA zones

4-8

Sun

Full sun

Water

High

Mature size

70-100 ft × 15-25 ft

Growth rate

Fast

Maintenance

Low

Soil

Well-drained, Occasionally-wet

Bloom color

Brown

Tough against

Deer, Wet soil

Native to

Central and western China