Botanical Name: Sequoiadendron giganteum (Sequoia gigantea)
Common Name: Giant sequoia, Big tree
Type of Plant: conifer: tree
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a potentially very tall and massive tree; at first distinctly pyramidal in form and densely branched, becoming more round-topped and broken at summit of canopy with age; branchlets somewhat prickly
Height 30-60'(to 300)
Spread 1/4 - 1/3
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors prefers full sun; tolerates some shade at interior sites
Soil needs deep, well-draining soil; avoid waterlogged locales
Hardiness (all zones): better than S. sempervirens at inland sites
 
Morphology:
Leaves scalelike foliage is gray-green, 1/8"-1/2" long, sharply pointed (prickly); scales are overlapping, thickly covering the stems
Flowers none;
Fruit female cone: reddish brown, oval, 2-3 1/2" long; ripens in the second year.
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
a rugged vertical accent tree, prized for its dense pryamidal form and tolerance of harsher climate than the Coast Redwood; large background or in groves; large-scale lawn tree if drainage is excellent
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an infrequent deep soaking is preferred afterplant is established; tolerates considerable drought
Fertilizing as needed in youth; with age, only if heavily irrigated
Pruning preferably none; remove lower limbs if access needed
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other give plenty of room for vertical growth
 
Origin: Western Sierra
Family: Taxodiaceae

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