Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens 20+ fresh seeds

🌱 Sequoia sempervirens — Coast Redwood

Seeds of the majestic Coast Redwood, a coniferous tree of the Cypress family, known for its rapid growth and durability. This product contains 20+ fresh seeds for planting.

🌿 Botanical Description

The Coast Redwood is an evergreen tree with a straight trunk, reaching heights over 100m and trunk diameters of 6-9m. The bark is red-brown, with deep cracks and peels off long longitudinal fibers. The thickness of the bark reaches 70cm. Young shoots are green and round, turning brown and furrowed with age. There are two types of shoots: conducting shoots that grow from year to year, forming a narrow-conic crown, and feathery shoots that live 5-7 years before falling off. Needles are pointed, linear-lanceolate, dark green above, shiny, and paler below, with two stripes of stomata on the sides of the keel passing in the middle. Mature cones are red-brown or black-brown, consist of 20-25 corymbose scales, and sit on a short petiole, along with which (and sometimes with the entire twig) the seeds fall.

🌾 Growing & Agrotechnics

• Sow seeds 0.5-1cm deep in a well-draining mix, stratifying for 30-60 days to simulate winter. Germination temperature is 15-20°C, taking 1-3 months.
• Soil type: acidic, pH 5.5-6.5. Water regularly, but avoid overwatering. Fertilize with a balanced fertilizer during the growing season.
• USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-10. Frost tolerance: short-term frosts up to -10°C.

🗺️ Natural Growing Areas

The Coast Redwood is native to the Pacific coast of North America, from California to Oregon. It grows well in humid areas, suffering from dryness. It can be found in subtropical areas, where it is used in protective strips.

✨ Interesting Facts

The Coast Redwood is one of the largest trees in the world, living up to 2,000 years. It has the ability to renew growth up to 500-600 years. The tree is highly valued for its decorative purposes, both for single and group plantings, and for the formation of more extensive and closed plantings. It can also be used in protective strips of subtropical areas.