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Sequoiadendron giganteum
Sierra Redwood
Origin: Western United States of America.
| Family |
| Taxodiaceae |
| Genus |
| Sequoiadendron |
| Species |
| giganteum |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (evergreen) |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 7a |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 8 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H5 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -21 - (-15) |
| Temperature (°F) |
| -5 - 5 |
| Height |
| 20 - 100 m |
| Spread |
| 5 - 30 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Use as a specimen conifer where there is room for it to ascend and spread. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| Pests |
| No serious pests or diseases of note. |
| Habitat |
| Dense and pyramidal-oval in youth, losing its lower branches with a narrow- pyramidal crown of foliage. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Spongy in texture and rich reddish brown, quite thick as a form of protection against fire. |
| Leaf Description |
| Blue-green needles vary in length from 2 -10 mm and are usually awl shaped, triangular in cross section, tapering from the base to a fine point. They point forward toward the apex, covering the stem longitudinally in 3 spiralling rows. |
| Flower Description |
| Male flowers are axillary and terminal with numerous spirally arranged stamens; female flowers are terminal with 15 - 20 peltate scales. |
| Texture Description |
| Medium textured. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Stourhead Gardens, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, Sussex, England. |
| Propagation |
| By seed requiring no pre-treatment. |
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