![]() None of the Metasequoia seeds had germinated at all !ġ5th July. Big disappointment - when they reached about 2 inches high I realised they were just weeds. The warm, suddenly about 25 shoots appeared. Then the weather warmed up and it got quite hot in the conservatory with the sun shining in. They were buried in sand/peat about 5mmĭeep. After taking them out I put then across the top of a small seed tray for two weeks. I then put them in the fridge for one day and then in theįreezer for 2 weeks. I mixed the seeds with a little sand and added water so they got well soaked for 24 hours. The seeds are brown about 0.5mm, each at the centre of a thin brown disk about 3mm diameter. In May, I stared pulling the cones to bits and extracted all the seeds I couldįind. These fellĭown and I put them in a cardboard box and rattled them from time to time. In the winter of 1005/2005 we noticed for the first time that there were a hundred or so small spherical cones with a spiral construction. This is good as it brightens up the garden in winter and also reduces the chances of it being In the autumn is turn aīeautiful brown before all the leaves fall. The foliage is lovely, coming out fresh each spring in bright green and fluttering in the wind. The metasequoia glyptostroboides tree has a reddish coloured tapering conical trunk and delicate branches which spiral, slightly - very In 1978, which is the one in the two large images down below, as seen Feb and It's a tree ! We grew our first one in 1975 and then another one ![]()
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