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Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon'

 
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Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon' - Ogon dawn redwood, Gold Rush dawn redwood
Image: Payton, Gregory - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Ogon dawn redwood, Gold Rush dawn redwood
Family: Cupressaceae (cypress family)
Synonym: Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush', Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Golden Mantle', Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Golden Oji'
Distribution: Species native to c. China
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: This is a selection of an unusual deciduous conifer found in China in 1945, previously thought to have been extinct. The flat needled summer foliage begins a bright yellow color and ages to a greenish yellow in summer. This selection is fast growing, 10' tall by 4' wide in 10 years, and could be used as part of a screen or a specimen. Fall color is bronze-yellow.
Links: American Conifer Society Database • Missouri Botanical Garden Kemper Center- Plant Finder • RHS Horticultural Database

Locations

  • 1: AZA: AY14 (AY14) • Accession: D2002-0133.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: CON: CK09 (CK09) • Accession: D2002-0396.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: DWD: AK04 (AK04) • Accession: D2002-0133.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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