redwood
Sequoia sempervirens
RHS AGM 1993
USDA zones7 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size60 to 100 feet tall15 to 25 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Bloom color
- Non-flowering
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) is a tree for low maintenance, winter interest, and rain garden use. It is hardy to USDA zone 7, or down to 0°F (-18°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or chalky soil. It grows 3 to 5 feet a year when young, and it has no serious disease or insect problems. Give it plenty of room to rise and spread. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal.
Pairs well with Loblolly pine, Inkberry, Ostrich fern, and Karl Foerster feather reed grass.
Native range
North America.