Gold Rush Dawn Redwood
Height: 50 feet
Spread: 25 feet
Sunlight: full sun
Hardiness Zone: 5a
Description:
An interesting deciduous conifer variety with a very delicate, ferny appearance and a pyramidal form; shaggy, attractive reddish bark; breathtaking yellow-chartreuse foliage changes to a deep golden fall color, makes a stunning color accent tree
Ornamental Features
Gold Rush Dawn Redwood has attractive chartreuse foliage which emerges yellow in spring. The ferny bipinnately compound leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding gold in the fall. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant. The peeling indian red bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.
Landscape Attributes
Gold Rush Dawn Redwood is an open deciduous tree with a strong central leader and a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.
This is a relatively low maintenance tree, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Gold Rush Dawn Redwood is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Accent
Shade
Vertical Accent
Planting & Growing
Gold Rush Dawn Redwood will grow to be about 50 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 25 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 4 feet from the ground, and should not be planted underneath power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live to a ripe old age of 100 years or more; think of this as a heritage tree for future generations!
This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It is quite adaptable, prefering to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon' is commonly known by the trade name Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush'. It is a fast-growing selection of dawn redwood with pleasing bright yellow feathery foliage that will turn tawny brown before being shed in the fall. This is a deciduous conifer. This fast-growing, pyramidal conifer has soft fern-like gold foliage that tends to not burn in full sun. In spring, the needles emerge nearly chartreuse-yellow, hold their color well into summer, then turn orange brown in fall before dropping. Deeply fissured bark provides winter interest. Makes a fine hardy specimen tree.
Metasequoia Gold Rush Deer
Metasequoia glyptostroboides Gold Rush – Dawn Redwood. The Dawn Redwood. Once thought extinct, the Dawn Redwood was rediscovered in its native China in the mid 1940s. The plant is now protected by law in China. This is a deciduous conifer, fast growing. Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush' Other names. Dawn redwood 'Gold Rush' Genus. Metasequoia Metasequoia. Variety or Cultivar 'Gold Rush' 'Gold Rush' is a vigorous, conical, deciduous, coniferous tree with fibrous, orange-brown bark, often fluted at the base in cultivation, and flat sprays of soft, spreading, golden-yellow leaves, turning orange-brown in autumn.