![]() ![]() By rights, it should probably be listed as Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon' GOLD RUSH to preserve its original cultivar name. 'Gold Rush' was found as a seedling in a nursery in Japan where it was named 'Ogon' ('Golden Ogi' and 'Golden Mantel', also seen, are most likely translations.) Around 1993 Dutch horticulturist Peter Zweinburg of Boskoop, Holland obtained it and brought it into Europe for distribution under the name ‘Gold Rush’ ('Goldrush'). Trees will typically rise to 10-15’ tall over the first 10 years, eventually maturing over time to 70-100’ tall. This tree grows at a fast rate, with height. It reportedly grows somewhat slower than the species. The dawn redwood grows to a height of 70100 and a spread of around 25 at maturity. Foliage gradually turns orange-brown in fall. Tolerant of a wide variety of conditions, they make an unusual statement. Oval, light brown female cones and pendent, spherical, brown male cones are insignificant. Typically branched to the ground, they can be pruned up to expose the trunk. 1 of 1 Variety or Cultivar 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. ‘Gold Rush’ is a cultivar that features soft, linear, feathery, fern-like foliage that is distinctively golden-yellow throughout summer. Growing and Maintenance Tips: While metasequoia have the appearance of an evergreen, they shed their needles every fall. Specific epithet means resembling the genus Glyptostrobus. Genus name comes from the Greek words metra meaning with, after, sharing, or changed in nature and Sequoia to which it is related and to which fossil specimens were first referred. The twigs, needles and cone scales are in opposite pairs. ![]() Trees are monoecious, producing oval, light brown female cones (3/4” long) and pendant globose male cones (1/2” long). Water Requirements: Requires consistently moist soil do not let dry out between waterings Sun Exposure: Full Sun Foliage: Deciduous Foliage Color: Medium Green Height: over 40 ft. Foliage emerges light green in spring, matures to deep green in summer and turns red-bronze in fall. It features linear, feathery, fern-like foliage that is soft to the touch. Bark on mature trees is often deeply fissured. As the tree matures, the trunk broadens at the base and develops attractive and sometimes elaborate fluting. Seedlings grown therefrom were planted in front of the Lehmann Building at MBG in 1952 where they have now developed into large mature trees (70’+ tall). ![]() Seeds collected from the original site were made available to the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1947. However, it was not until 1941 that it was first discovered growing in the wild near the town of Modaoqi, China by Chinese forester, T. From fossil records, dawn redwood is known to have existed as many as 50,000,000 years ago. It is related to and closely resembles bald cypress ( Taxodium) and redwood ( Sequoia). Metasequoia glyptostroboides, commonly called dawn redwood, is a deciduous, coniferous tree that grows in a conical shape to 100’ tall. ![]()
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