Buy Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon'

Deciduous. A narrow upright with golden-yellow foliage. Can really brighten a landscape! Also known by it's Japanese names 'Ogon' meaning "gold" and 'Golden Ogi' meaning "golden mantle." Fast growing.

Deciduous conifer with a very delicate, ferny appearance and pyramidal form. Shaggy, attractive red bark with breathtaking yellow-chartreuse foliage that changes to a deep golden fall color.

Dawn redwoods are deciduous conifers, very similar in appearance to the southeastern US native Taxodium (bald cypress) and Sequoia (redwood). Fossilized specimens of Dawn Redwood are known and believed to be over 50 million years old (see photo below). It was first discovered in 1941 growing in the wild near the town of Modaoqi China. Seeds collected from the original site were sent to US botanical gardens in 1947, where many still exist today. Seedlings planted at the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1952 have now developed into large mature trees over 70 feet tall. 'Ogon' is a cultivar that features soft, feathery foliage that is golden-yellow during the summer, turning a beautiful rusty orange in fall. While Ogon does become a large tree, it does not reach the lofty heights of 100+ feet reported for the species. You can expect 10-15 feet in the first 10 years and initially trees are fairly narrow. With age they develop magnificent buttressed trunks with peeling bark that exposes reddish brown layer underneath. The genus name meta refers to the changed or transformed nature of this tree and its near relative, the evergreen sequoia. Although this cultivar is often sold as 'Gold Rush', the original name is 'Ogon', which means "golden" in Japanese.

Characterized by feathery foliage and bright gold needles. Grows upright, pyramidal to 30 ft. at maturity. Cones are dark brown and oblong in shape.

Gold foliage, it holds its color quite well even in hot weather, this is perhaps the best of the Dawn Redwood cultivars, although I suspect not quite as hardy as the species

This golden Dawn Redwood originated in Japan. Redwood's graceful habit is accented by gold over green color pattern. Fast growing -reaching 30-40 feet in 20 years. An excellent tree used for contrast with typical green broadleaf trees.

A really beautiful tree: it's not just its golden color (which is, indeed, fine) but it's overall lushness... even in full sun ; heat; not as fast or as large as the species but with similar rose-orange fall color. SUN/Med

The dawn redwood is said to be a living fossil. In the John Day Fossil Beds of Central Oregon there are many examples of dawn redwood. The live plants were discovered in the 1940’s in Northern China. M. ‘Ogon’ is a golden foliage form of the deciduous tree. Our 25 year old plant is 30’x15’wide.

Fern-like branchlets are delicate green in spring; russet in autumn, deciduous, Wet ground tolerant. Zones 5-8.

Brilliant gold new growth in spring on upright branches of reddish-tan. Architectural trunk with undulating ridges with age. Apricot fall color. Large tree.

As above but with golden foliage. Absolutely stunning! Chartreuse Gold when young, getting more gold with AGE. It is not particularly gold when young.

This gorgeous, golden-foliage, Japanese selection of the living fossil tree, dawn redwood is somewhat less monsterous in size than its green kin. Medium to fast growing. eventually to 100' tall x 15' wide in as many years. Full to part sun with adequate summer water and well-drained soil. Winter deciduous. Frost hardy in USDA zone 5.