Bald Cypress and Dawn Redwood - Tree Tour Series

[@Meatislife]

About to put a dawn redwood in my yard in Sarasota Florida. It’s been in a pot by the pool and has grown 4 feet in about 4 months. The growth is insane

[@jvillalaz44]

I just planted a Bald Cypress tree in my yard. I'm in Everett, Washington

[@stargazer2756]

Interesting...I have had a dawn redwood growing in my backyard for over 20 years and it is around 40 ft. high or so, or at least I thought that is what I bought when it was just a twig! Well, looking now at the different branches and the size of the leaves, I realized it is a bald cypress and they fooled me by shipping the wrong tree! It is still beautiful and I really love it so only slightly disappointed! lol

[@blakespower]

I have planted Bald Cypress and Coast redwoods at the same time in the same area, the Bald Cypress is huge already the trunk is about the size of a large bucket and its tall as a wooden Telephone pole, meanwhile the redwoods I planted its trunk is still smaller than a 2 liter bottle diameter and its only about 17 feet tall. and people say Bald Cypress is only medium growth tree? seems pretty fast to me!

[@coltonwarner7886]

That’s interesting, how many years ago did you plant them?

[@blakespower]

@@coltonwarner7886 2006 so 18 years ago as of 2024

[@fishman245]

Also, if a bald cypress is good for your yard, a dawn redwood would also probably work great as well.