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Here's one more redwood photo I attached yesterday in another topic related to redwood handouts and packets.
This coast redwood near Crescent City and Hiouchi, CA.
It's in the same grove as one of the other redwoods I posted earlier. Neither one is the largest in that grove. But I think this one is one of the better photo ops.
One thing that's remarkable, is that these trees began as little bitty seeds. All this potential is included in one redwood seed.
That is absolutely mindblowing. Even the ferns are gigantic, so you look miniaturized!
You can see a Dawn Redwood (not as big as the Duke Garden one) at Keifer Landscaping in Durham on Alston Ave. I think he planted it about 10 years ago. It's big. Not Sequoia big, but big for a 10 year old tree.
My parents bought a few redwood seedlings from the Redwood Forest in Cali. They live near the coast here in NC. The seedlings lived for about a year in a pot and then it died. The same thing happened with Fir Tree Seedlings that I sent them from Oregon. My parents can grow just about anything .... so I figured if they couldn't get them to live here then I'm not going to try. But I do miss the fir trees in Oregon and the occasional Redwood. They are just such majestic trees. My husband says we should just make a cut one out of plywood... quicker, cheaper, and probably more likely to be successful. Not to mention it would do a good job of screening out the neighbor's yard.
That is absolutely mindblowing. Even the ferns are gigantic, so you look miniaturized!
Your post mentioning ferns reminded me of another photo.
There is another fern that usually grows up on the redwood trees. Called Polypodium scouleri. And its frond are usually just 1/3 to 1/2 the size of western sword fern fronds.
In the photo at the link below, compare how large the Polypodium fronds are compared to the climbers legs.
The ferns are growing in like 2 feet to 3 feet of a canopy soil that has accumulated over the centuries. 200 to 300 feet up.
The scientist in the photo was included in the October 2009 National Geographic cover story on coast redwoods. This is more or less where they spend their time between September and January.
Having lived in CA for 32 years, I spent a lot of time in the areas where the sequoias and redwoods live. The trees from the Humboldt county area will not do well outside of the region because of the soil requirement and the weather will be too warm for them. They live where the temps hover in the 50-60 degree range and get a lot of moisture (rain and fog) that they need. Their root system only runs about 6-8 feet but spreads out very wide in relation to their area.
Sequoias might fare better since they do grow in the Sierra Nevada foothills where it can get warm during the summer. Keep in mind that their root system is very large also and will require a fairly large spot somewhere in order to grow well. Check out the nutrients found in the soils of Humboldt (redwood) and Calaveras (sequoia) counties where they grow to see how you can meet their needs. I wish you well with your tree planting!!!!
I recently took a trip to Muir Woods and am obsessed with these trees. Apparently, long ago we had giant sequoias (more near the mountains). I bought my little sequoia seeds from the gift shop and will plant them in a planter.
Anyway, I was wondering if we have any such trees anywhere in the triangle? Apparently there's a redwood somewhere in Virginia and a Giant Sequoia somewhere in South Carolina. It looks like we are in the growing zones so I wonder if anyone has heard of one around ?
If anyone cares to some Sequoiadendron images in relation to the growth aspect of this topic, feel free to look in the Portland, Oregon, thread: //www.city-data.com/forum/portl...oods-pics.html
If you can find a climate table site, you might find it interesting to compare your Raleigh, NC climate to the Portland, OR, climate as a partial gauge for growth potential of this species.
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I recently took a trip to Muir Woods and am obsessed with these trees. Apparently, long ago we had giant sequoias (more near the mountains). I bought my little sequoia seeds from the gift shop and will plant them in a planter.
Anyway, I was wondering if we have any such trees anywhere in the triangle? Apparently there's a redwood somewhere in Virginia and a Giant Sequoia somewhere in South Carolina. It looks like we are in the growing zones so I wonder if anyone has heard of one around ?
There's a grove of redwoods in Bryson City, in the SW NC mountains. They tend to not grow nearly as tall in the southeast, but otherwise they will grow fine. Redwoods and sequoias are both fairly close relatives of bald cypress trees (which likewise are VERY long-lived trees), which are native to the coastal southeast, so it's not that far-fetched of an idea at all.
I recently took a trip to Muir Woods and am obsessed with these trees. Apparently, long ago we had giant sequoias (more near the mountains). I bought my little sequoia seeds from the gift shop and will plant them in a planter.
Curious ...
So how are the small seeds doing now?
Someone gave me a Sequoia seedling about 8 inches tall and its about 14 inches tall now. The Eucalytus seedling I got from them is toast after the cold snap we had last November or December when temps dipped into the teens. But the Sequoia seedling is doing fine.
I'll have you know I live near Asheville, NC and I have dawn sequoia in my backyard that is no less than three feet in diameter at the base and at least 80 feet high.
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