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| Hi all
My plan for my garden is evolving.
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 9, 12 at 18:54
| it is a deciduous conifer ... so at least in fall its messy otherwise its sublime ... ken |
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- Posted by toronado3800 Z6 St. Louis (My Page) on Sun, Sep 9, 12 at 19:43
| If you are familiar with bald cypress it will be near identical. That is, the small needles and cones disappear into your grass in the fall. Even if you keep it like a golf course one mowing will grind them up. The cones are dime sized so they are a non issue as well. I do not see how any tree could be less messy. Biggest decision is to limb it up for a straight trunk or leave it natural with the buttressed trunk. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Sep 10, 12 at 7:38
| I am concerned that the redwoods might secrete resin or stuff that will stain the clothes hung to dry. ===>>> technically it is NOT a redwood ... its Metasequoia glyptostroboides .... so if your info is based on research about redwoods.. then you need to use the latin for more precise information ... ken |
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- Posted by lisanti07028 z6NJ (My Page) on Mon, Sep 10, 12 at 10:16
| I'd be more concerned about the birds that hang out in the dawn redwood (or plain old redwood, for that matter), as far as your laundry is concerned. |
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- Posted by gardener365 IL 5/6 (My Page) on Mon, Sep 10, 12 at 10:41
| No sap mess. Dax |
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| Ken, I agree the full name is needed to be clear but it IS a redwood. The three redwood subfamily genera are: Sequoia and Sequoiadendron of California and Oregon, USA; and Metasequoia in China. |
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| It is NOT a messy tree. It's my partner's fav tree, awesomely lovely in the landscape and nowhere the 'needle' persistance on the ground as that under white pine. It does just disappear into the turf. |
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