The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: Lightning dawn redwood

Family: Cupressaceae (cypress family)

Distribution: Species native to c. China

Hardiness: USDA Zone 5

Life form: Deciduous tree

Comments: A large growing, deciduous conifer tree, growing up to 80' or more at maturity, with a conical shape and tapering trunk broadening to a buttressed base. This selection has green needles suffused with white, turning a coppery color in fall. While maturing slightly smaller than the species, it can still grow 1½' per year. Would work well as a specimen as long as there is plenty of room to grow. Discovered and introduced by the Flora Wonder™ Collection of Buchholz Nursery, Gaston, OR.