Sequoia sempervirens
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Michael Dirr Sequoia sempervirens
Michael Dirr
Sequoia sempervirens
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California Redwood, Coast Redwood 		Common Names:
  • California Redwood
  • Coast Redwood
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Origin:

  fog belt along the Pacific Ocean from southern Oregon to California around San Francisco  

Sun/Water Requirements:

  Partial/Full sun.
Moderate climate.
Dirr says: "Prefers moist, acid, deep, well-drained soils in areas of high atmospheric moisture; will never perform in eastern states like it does in native habitat."

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 7 to Zone 9

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 50' to 100'.
Dirr says: "Difficult to ascertain under landscape conditions on the east coast, perhaps 40 to 60'; in West 300'. Imposing conifer, densely branches and gracefully pyramidal in youth, with time losing the lower branches and devoid of branches 50 to 100' from the ground with a still relatively narrow pyramidal crown."

Flowers:

  Season(s): Fall
 

Foliage:

  Needle Evergreen
Color: Leaves are dark green and bluish-green in the summer.
 

Fruit:

  Color: Black
Season(s): Fall
 

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a specimen plant.

Dirr says: "Only for specimen use as a noble conifer where room to ascend and spread is ample. A few of the compact cultivars are suitable for smaller gardens."

Other:

  Is Resistant to Disease
Is Resistant to Insects
 

Other Sequoia sempervirens References & Articles:
Sequoia sempervirens is hardy in these areas:
Alameda, CAAlamo, CAAmerican Canyon, CA
Angwin, CAAntioch, CAAtwater, CA
Baltimore, MDBayside, NYBellmore, NY
Bellport, NYBethpage, NYBlue Point, NY
Bohemia, NYBrentwood, NYBrightwaters, NY
Bronx, NYBrookhaven, NYBrooklyn, NY
Brownsville, TXCastro Valley, CACharlottesville, VA
Chowchilla, CAClovis, CACoarsegold, CA
College Point, NYCorona, NYCutler, CA
Danville, CADel Rey, CADinuba, CA
Dublin, CAEast Elmhurst, NYEl Cerrito, CA
Elmhurst, NYEssex, CAFairfield, CA
Fawnskin, CAFlorence, SCFlushing, NY
Fontana, CAForest Falls, CAForest Hills, NY
Fort Eustis, VAFremont, CAFresh Meadows, NY
Glen Burnie, MDGreenlawn, NYGwynn Oak, MD
Hayward, CAHolbrook, NYHoltsville, NY
Hunt Valley, MDHuntington Station, NYHuntington, NY
Islandia, NYJackson Heights, NYJacksonville, FL
Leasburg, NCLexington, NCLiberty, NC
Linwood, NCLittle Neck, NYLivermore, CA
Ludlow, CALuling, LALutcher, LA
Marrero, LAMartinez, CAMaspeth, NY
Melville, NYMemphis, TNMeraux, LA
Merced, CAMercedes, TXMi Wuk village, CA
Middle Village, NYMidpines, CAMission, TX
Moccasin, CAModesto, CAMoraga, CA
Moreno Valley, CAMount Airy, LANapa, CA
New Sarpy, LANewark, CANewport News, VA
Norco, LANottingham, MDOakland Gardens, NY
Oakley, CAOakville, CAOlmito, TX
Orinda, CAParkville, MDPenitas, TX
Pharr, TXPhelan, CAPikesville, MD
Pinole, CA
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