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Ask us for advice on the most appropriate guards for your trees or hedge.

Rabbits, deer, sheep, cattle and horses can all potentially damage trees. Non proprietary materials such as baler twine will cut into the bark and should not be used. They should be checked at the end of each growing season for adjustment as the trunk thickens. These are designed and manufactured with the correct amount of give to hold the tree firm without strangling it. 2 x 1.65 Tree stake and cross rail with 38mm cushion spacer and 1m of 38mm strapping.Īlways use our recommended tree ties or strapping.

150/175 1.2m square stake and a buckle tie and spacer.

40/60, 60/80, 80/100 whips - Unless rabbit/deer problem no need to stake.

Flexing in the wind, higher up the trunk, is not necessarily a problem if the roots are firm.īellow is list of the correct system to use to secure your trees. The purpose of the stakes is to anchor the roots. Check, particularly after windy weather, that stakes are still solidly in the ground keeping the base of the trunk firm. Roots not firmly in contact with the soil are unable to take up moisture and nutrients, resulting in die back or death of the tree. If trees are not correctly secured they will rock in the planting pit. Each time you mow, the grass will grow back more vigorously and strimming invariably leads to lacerated trunks.

Mowing or strimming is NOT an answer to the problem.

Weed killer needs to be applied each year for the first 3 years, preferably when the tree is dormant, or just once before applying a mulch mat. Organic weed killers usually do not kill roots.

Weed killer is very effective, however it is harmful to the environment.

Be careful not to allow the woodchip to touch the stem as it can cause rot. After clearing the ground around the tree, firmly fit the mat by tucking the edges into the soil and put a thick layer of bark mulch on top of this.

Mulch mats are an effective way to stop grass and weeds, although they will require a careful eye to make sure they continue to work.

#METASEQUOIA DAWN REDWOOD FREE#

It is vital that for at least 3 years after planting your tree or hedge has a circle or strip one metre wide completely free of grass. When trees are first establishing, the grass roots would be at the same level as the tree roots and are far more efficient at taking up water and thus choke the tree. One of the most common causes of lack of water is competition from grass. In hot dry spells give the equivalent of 2 bucketfuls every three days. It is essential throughout the spring and summer, to give a heavy enough watering to enable the water to penetrate right down to the deepest root level of the tree. The main reason that plants die within 12 months of having been planted is lack of water. The largest specimen in the UK currently 25m (80ft) tall.įor the continued healthy growth of your trees, shrubs or hedging it is vital that you follow the advice below. It is now widespread in parks and gardens throughout the world. In 1948 the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University sent an expedition to collect seeds and, soon after, seedling trees were distributed to various universities and arboreta worldwide for growth trials. The genus Metasequoia was first described as a fossil from the Mesozoic 65 to 200 million years ago, however in 1943 a small stand of an unidentified tree was discovered in China in Lichuan County, Hubei these were not studied further until 1946 and only finally described as a new living species, Metasequia glyptostroboides in 1948. The Dawn Redwood is in some ways a botanical oddity as it is the only living member of it genus. In this respect it is also similar to Swamp Cypress (Taxodium distichum) with which it also shares a liking for wet even boggy ground.ĭawn Redwood will grow in most situations, it will grow best in deep loamy moist soils, it does not like dry soils but will cope well with waterlogging even to the extent of growing in standing water. However, this mistake should only be made in the summer for unlike its redwood cousin, the Sequoia, Metasquoia is a deciduous conifer whose needles turn a reddish-brown before falling off in the autumn.

The leaves which are short, broad needles, could be mistaken for those of the Yew. The Dawn Redwood has the familiar conical coniferous shape, with sparse upward sweeping branches giving the tree a narrow form. METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES – Dawn Redwood

Metasequoia dawn redwood