Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon' is commonly known by the trade name Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush'. It is a fast-growing selection of dawn redwood with pleasing bright yellow feathery foliage that will turn tawny brown before being shed in the fall. That's why we love Amber Glow™, the Dawn Redwood that can take full sun without burning. Its foliage remains golden instead of browning, touched with burgundy in spring and a spark of orange in fall. It grows quicker than most, with a feathery, dense, pyramidal habit. Given about 25 years, Amber Glow will reach 30–35' tall. Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'WAH-08AG' PP29472: Growth Size: 30-35' tall x 20-25' wide: Zone: Zone 6 / Hardy to -10°F: Common Name: Amber Glow™ Dawn Redwood: Related Posts. No Related Posts. MULCH - HARDWOOD 3 CU FT. BACK TO EARTH BLEND 2 CU FT. Physocarpus Amber Jubilee™ Pp23177 3: 25: 8'H 10'W: Picea Abies Pendula 6 #125: 6. Metasequoia Amber Glow® Ppaf 15: 11: 6'+H: Metasequoia Valley Grove 15: 2: 7. Amber Glow Metasequoia is a Dawn Redwood that can take full sun without burning. Once thought to be extinct, it is a treasure in the American garden. Amber Glow is different than other yellow leafed redwoods being that instead of browning, its foliage remains golden, touched with burgundy in the spring and a spark of orange in the fall.
METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES AMBER GLOW – Golden Dawn Redwood
Characteristics
Metasequoia Amber Glow
Amber Glow is an interesting cultivar of the Dawn Redwood, with yellow spring foliage tinged with burgundy, which turns orange in autumn before falling. It is a relatively compact variety, growing to about 10-12m.
The Dawn Redwood has the familiar conical coniferous shape, with sparse upward sweeping branches giving the tree a narrow form. The leaves which are short, broad needles, could be mistaken for those of the Yew. However, this mistake should only be made in the summer for unlike its redwood cousin, the Sequoia, Metasquoia is a deciduous conifer whose needles turn a reddish-brown before falling off in the autumn. In this respect it is also similar to Swamp Cypress (Taxodium distichum) with which it also shares a liking for wet even boggy ground.
Where to grow
Dawn Redwood will grow in most situations, it will grow best in deep loamy moist soils, it does not like dry soils but will cope well with waterlogging even to the extent of growing in standing water.
Did you know?
The Dawn Redwood is in some ways a botanical oddity as it is the only living member of its genus.
Metasequoia Glyptostroboides Amber Glow
The genus Metasequoia was first described as a fossil from the Mesozoic 65 to 200 million years ago, however in 1943 a small stand of an unidentified tree was discovered in China in Lichuan County, Hubei these were not studied further until 1946 and only finally described as a new living species, Metasequia glyptostroboides, in 1948.
In 1948 the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University sent an expedition to collect seeds and, soon after, seedling trees were distributed to various universities and arboreta worldwide for growth trials. It is now widespread in parks and gardens throughout the world.