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| Contact Us / Tree Delivery / Collection |
Please email with the reference number of the tree(s) you wish to buy (and details of your location if you want me to deliver to you) to:
ron@redwoodworld.co.uk or
redwoodron61@yahoo.co.uk
I do NOT pass email addresses on to any other party.
Please note that I can only deliver in the Essex area and some parts of Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Kent (for cost of petrol)
Otherwise you are welcome to collect them yourself from my home town of Rayleigh, South East Essex (SS6).
You can lay the trees down in the back of your car as shown below.
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Transporting even quite tall saplings can be quite straightforward. They do not have to travel upright in your car, just measure the amount of room you have from the end of the hatchback to the front. It doesn't cause any harm to the tree, they are pretty resilient. I have successfully used this method for many a delivery! |
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Here is a brief description of each of the types of Redwood tree and the conditions they prefer.
 Giant Redwood aka Wellingtonia / Giant Sequoia / Sequoiadendron giganteum |
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Giant Redwood |
This is my favourite of the Redwoods and is of course the most massive of all trees, although you would need to live for thousands of years to see it at its most immense.
As a young tree it will have a highly attractive conical form with reasonably dense foliage. As the decades go by it will grow to become a majestic landmark tree, and will reveal its reddish brown trunk and wonderful soft bark. The rate of growth is not as dramatic or over-powering as you might expect, perhaps five or six years after planting out it may be around ten to fifteen feet tall.
If you are concerned about trees being blown over in gales then this is certainly a tree for you. It is one of the sturdiest of all trees, they rarely topple due to high winds. A good example of how they ride out the fiercest storms can be seen in this picture taken at Emmett's House after the 1987 storm. They will grow on most soils but have a preference for well drained ground. They will not survive on ground that is regularly water logged or boggy. A little flooding though, for a few weeks every couple of years for example, will not kill it as can be seen here.
Remember not to over-water Giant Redwoods, they don't like sitting in soggy compost for too long and are happy to run quite dry between waterings. Avoid spraying water on the foliage as this can encourage fungal growth on very young saplings of Giant Redwood.
Here are some fine examples that can be found in the Essex/Suffolk area:
Chelmsford - Hylands Park
Colchester - Acland House
Danbury - Graces Lane
Great Baddow - High Street
Great Dunmow - Fire Station
Havering-atte-Bower - Havering Park
Upminster Windmill
Lowestoft - Somerleyton Hall |
 Coast Redwood aka Californian Redwood / Sequoia sempervirens |
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Coast Redwood |
The Coast Redwood is the tallest of all trees, not quite as massive as the Giant Redwood since the trunk, although it will grow very wide in time, does not have quite the same girth. It has a less tidy form than the Giant Redwood and the bark is not quite as soft. Nevertheless it is in fact the tree that the Americans refer more frequently as the Redwood. In my experience the rate of growth, particularly vertically, is far greater than the Giant Redwood.
The Coast Redwood is far more tolerant of boggy conditions than the Giant, and correspondingly is a little less tolerant of extremely dry mid-summers. It is worth bearing this in mind when choosing your location; best to avoid places that become desperately dry dust bowls in the summer.
If you do not plant out the tree straight away, do not rely on rainfall during the hot summer months as this will not usually be sufficient to soak the pot. In mid summer the pot will need watering every day. They like plenty of water and unlike the Giant Redwood, these trees can have their foliage sprayed whilst watering.
Here are some fine examples that can be found in the Essex/Suffolk area:
Colchester - Castle Park
Halstead - Broaks Wood
Ipswich - Playford Road
Lowestoft - Somerleyton Hall |
 Dawn Redwood aka Metasequoia glyptostroboides |
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Dawn Redwood |
The Dawn Redwood, being a smaller tree than the other two Redwoods, is often considered as being more suitable for the average garden. It has a more delicate and very attractive foliage and being deciduous it provides a stunning orange/golden display in the autumn before the leaves drop. Bear in mind that despite its fine and delicate form, this will still grow into a fairly substantial tree (although it can be clipped to control its growth).
It will grow in most soil conditions and additionally it is tolerant of very damp conditions, making it ideal for those hard to fill boggy areas. It is often mistaken for the Swamp Cypress which actually grows in marshy areas.
If you do not plant out the tree straight away, do not rely on rainfall during the hot summer months as this will not usually be sufficient to soak the pot. In mid summer the pot will need watering every day. They like plenty of water and unlike the Giant Redwood, these trees can have their foliage sprayed whilst watering.
They do not cope well with a completely dry pot and they will wilt very quickly under such conditions, but if a disaster strikes do not discard the tree because, even if it loses all its foliage, it may recover in the following spring and form a new leader. I have resurrected a number of Dawn Redwood that suffered such neglect while I was away on holiday and completely recovered the following year.
Here are some fine examples that can be found in the Essex/Suffolk area:
Colchester - Castle Park
Colchester - Sports Ground
Dedham - St Mary the Virgin church |
An offer of free trees for public spaces:
I have a number of Redwood trees (of all three types) that I sowed to mark the birth of a grandchild and I'm now in need of places where I can plant them out that are publicly accessible but reasonably safe, such as parks or large public gardens, in Essex (preferably in the South East of the county) They are around 2-3 metres in height.
If you are involved in running or managing such a location that would benefit from having a Redwood tree please email me. |
Example 1 - Dawn Redwood Tree no. 550
This is a stunning specimen that's bursting to be planted out. It is 3 metres tall and its stem at the base is 5.5cm diameter. It's in a 30 litre pot with handles, and it's growing so vigorously that it is pushing its root ball out of the pot! |
Example 2 - Coast Redwood Tree no. 587
This vigorously growing Coast Redwood is a superb example of its type. It's 2 metres tall and its stem at the base is 4.5cm diameter. It is in a 30 litre pot with handles and, although has room for another season's growth, it would benefit from being planted out as soon as possible. |
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These two trees are now on reserve for a place in Colchester - but I do have other specimens.
Please write if you have a suitable public location. |
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