In nature they will survive hotter summers and colder winters than your range of temperatures. I would leave them outside on the balconey, they are not indoor plants. Out of curiosity, what are you going to do with them in the future?
Well, since they all can grow to be of considerable size, I'd have to plant them outside at some point. I don't really want to turn them into bonsai. I am thinking of finding a good spot somewhere in the nature and planting them out there.
If I were you I'd contact my local parks department or the Woodland Trust when they are ready for their forever homes - it'snot a good idea to plant non-native trees in the landscape on land that doesn't belong to you. They may effect the local environment in unforeseen ways.
Sequoia are beautiful trees, but they need to be in the right place
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you, that's a good consideration. I have to say that I've never heard of sequoias as invasive species. But then again it might depend on the local ecosystem.
Sequoias aren't wild in the UK (where most of us are based) and there's little enough wild/native planting left here. Sequoias and other alien species wouldn't be a good addition to our nature, we need native trees to support our diminishing native wildlife.
It's not just the effect of non-native trees on the ecology of the area, but consider the aesthetic effect - do you want the appearance of the countryside in Southern Germany to become a pale imitation of the Canadian Rockies or the Californian coastline?
Whilst I don't object to the introduction of non- native trees in some areas once ecological impact had been considered, I think it would be a shame if high impact non natives such as sequoia were introduced to areas which have changed very little visually for millennia.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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In nature they will survive hotter summers and colder winters than your range of temperatures. I would leave them outside on the balconey, they are not indoor plants. Out of curiosity, what are you going to do with them in the future?
Well, since they all can grow to be of considerable size, I'd have to plant them outside at some point. I don't really want to turn them into bonsai. I am thinking of finding a good spot somewhere in the nature and planting them out there.
If I were you I'd contact my local parks department or the Woodland Trust when they are ready for their forever homes - it'snot a good idea to plant non-native trees in the landscape on land that doesn't belong to you. They may effect the local environment in unforeseen ways.
Sequoia are beautiful trees, but they need to be in the right place
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you, that's a good consideration. I have to say that I've never heard of sequoias as invasive species. But then again it might depend on the local ecosystem.
Where are you rh?
Sequoias aren't wild in the UK (where most of us are based) and there's little enough wild/native planting left here. Sequoias and other alien species wouldn't be a good addition to our nature, we need native trees to support our diminishing native wildlife.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I live in a Southern Germany. Giant sequoias are routinely grown here as ornamental trees, though I can't say the same about coast redwoods.
Nut is of course right.
It's not just the effect of non-native trees on the ecology of the area, but consider the aesthetic effect - do you want the appearance of the countryside in Southern Germany to become a pale imitation of the Canadian Rockies or the Californian coastline?
Whilst I don't object to the introduction of non- native trees in some areas once ecological impact had been considered, I think it would be a shame if high impact non natives such as sequoia were introduced to areas which have changed very little visually for millennia.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.