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Identify the variety of a redwood

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  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    rabidhedgehog

    Apologies for the delay , (finishing off a job we started last week) .
    I reside in Lincolnshire UK ; even though relatively dry compared to some parts , these trees seem to flourish here .
    Never achieving the dimensions of their Californian counterparts as Marlorena says , they still have an imposing influence and a sense of 'ancientness' for want of a better word .
    The form known as 'Adpressa' is slower than the type , and has an attractive glaucous blue tint .
    Still done well though over the years .



  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Thanks for the info. Well, I'm not saying that it's a cultivar, it can very well be the native coast redwood that hasn't undergone any selection. I posted here because I don't know exactly and was curious.
    It you grew it from seed it's not a named cultivar


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Paul B3
    Just give them time, and they might catch up :)
    I'm guessing that the oldest sequoia trees in UK are still 10-20 times younger than their Californian counterparts.

    nutcutler
    oh, thanks. I didn't know that. Then I'd assume that what I have are regular coast redwoods and giant sequoias.
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    According to the late Alan Mitchell , Sequoia sempervirens (when established) can grow up to 1.3m annually in a moist sheltered position .
    One of only a handful of conifers which can be coppiced (regenerate from brown-wood) .
    I have a 6' tall Cunninghamia lanceolata (resembles slightly an Araucaria) which also regenerates if cut to ground .
  • 1.3m per year... Then I might have a problem sooner than I thought, and will probably need a space for them outside in a couple years. 

    If I recall correctly, yews and thuja can also sprout from a stump.

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