Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Deciduous conifer. A newly introduced dwarf witches’ broom with dense structure and conical to rounded outline. Trunks on older trees can be widely flared. The bark texture is deeply furrowed and reddish brown when young. Older trees exhibit darker brown to black-brown and will exfoliate in long strips.

One of the best aspects of this genus with soft feathery fern-like rich green leaves. This selection is prized for bronze tip growth over the underlayment of green. Leaves turn a bronze red in autumn. Ornamentally pleasing fruit is a 1” long soft green cylindrical cones born at the branch ends, dark brown at maturity.

Height: 5-7’ (guesstimate) Width: 6- 8’ (guesstimate)

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This close relative of Taxodium is currently a very popular genus, but until the 1940’s it was only found in the fossil record. All the progeny in the trade today derived from distributed seeds collected from a natural stand near Modaoqui, China. Follow the link below for further details. https://arboretum.harvard.edu/arnoldia-stories/how-metasequoia-the-living-fossil-was-discovered-in-china The form image courtesy of the Dawes Arboretum, Newark OH.