
After the tree drops its foliage in fall, plant it in the garden. Although the least tall of the redwoods, it grows to at least 200 feet (60 meters) in height. Metasequoia, Dawn Redwood Miss Grace Metasequoia glyptostroboides 1 more photos VIEW GALLERY One vendor has this plant for sale. It is native to the SichuanHubei region of China.
Water the plant with 2 inches of water each week for the rest of the season. Metasequoia(dawn redwood) is a fast-growing, deciduous tree, and the sole living species, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, is one of three species of conifers known as redwoods. When roots have developed, transplant the cutting into a 1-gallon nursery container filled with a mixture of equal parts loam, sand, and compost. It may take two or even three months for anchoring roots to develop. Test for roots after one month by tugging on the branch to see if roots are holding it in place. Placing the pot on a heated mat may speed up the rooting process. Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Refined gray-green foliage in summer, very strong orange in autumn. Place the pot in a sheltered outdoor area and keep the sand constantly moist. This small deciduous conifer with graceful weeping branches can reach 10’ tall by 3’ wide if staked. Insert the branch, cut side down, into the pot of sand, burying it to about 1/2 its length. Coat the cut end and the scraped area with acid rooting powder. Scrape off a segment of bark about 1/2-inch long and 1/4-inch wide near the cut end of the branch but take care not to damage the leaf node. Angle the cut end at 45-degrees, just below a leaf node. An ideal cutting will have a stem about 1/4-inch thick. Plant is mounding in habit unless staked up to desired height. Foliage is a soft green and turns copper orange in the fall and loses its foliage. This plant prefers moist, deep, well-drained soils that are slightly acidic. Pin branchlets are paired, and drop as a unit. It has spreading branches that droop with age. Cut a 6-inch-long shoot from a side branch on the tree with a pruning saw. Metasequoia flourished in the Miocene epoch of 25 to 5 million years ago and left its record embedded in rocks across the Oregon landscape. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Miss Grace’ is the first Metasequoia cultivar with strongly weeping branches. Genus:Metasequoia Name:Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Miss Grace' Description:MISS GRACE DAWN REDWOOD - ZONE 5 A dawn redwood with weeping branches. This is a large, fast-growing, deciduous, pyramidal evergreen tree that grows up to 100' tall with attractive, feathery foliage that is easy to transplant. Run water through the container for five minutes to rinse it thoroughly. Fill a 1-gallon nursery container with sand up to within 2 inches of the top. The Spruce Home Improvement Review Board Metasequoia glyptostroboides, the dawn redwood, is a fast-growing, endangered deciduous conifer.It is the sole living species of the genus Metasequoia, one of three genera in the subfamily Sequoioideae of the family Cupressaceae. Metasequoia glyptostroboides, the dawn redwood, is a fast-growing, endangered deciduous conifer. We are unable to guarantee plants that are improperly cared for after delivery.
If we are at fault we will replace the plant in question or issue a nursery credit for the purchase price of the plant. With graceful weeping branches, this deciduous conifer. Please contact us within 5 days of the receipt of your order if such is not the case. Metasequoia Glyptostroboides Miss Grace (Miss Grace Dawn Redwood).Guarantee - We guarantee that all plants sold by Broken Arrow Nursery are healthy and true to name when they leave the nursery.All shipments are weather and plant growth dependent. Shipment Period - We ship plants in the fall from September - November and in the spring from March - May.Unfortunately we are unable to ship plants to AK, AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, or WA. Shipping Restrictions - Mail-order is restricted to the plants that are included in the mail-order section of our website.A small number of oversized plants have an additional $10 surcharge. There is a $30, $35, or $40 minimum shipping fee, depending on your region, for plant orders under $100.
Shipping Charges - Due to increasing costs associated with shipping plants and the time required to package orders we have established a 30% flat shipping fee for all plant orders in the Northeast, 35% flat shipping fee for remaining states east of the Mississippi River and a 40% flat shipping fee for all states west of the Mississippi River.Changing Your Order - If you have an order that has been placed, the only way to modify it is by emailing us.For spring, our plants will be shipped from March 6th (weather dependent) until the week of April 24th.