Amazeballs

[tonys]

Heh, monkey puzzle trees seem to date a property.

I'm assuming there was a craze for them several decades ago?

I think it was around the Victorian era they started to become popular.

 

[Junglist]

Visiting the redwood forest is something on my bucket list to do.

Just seeing the cross section in the natural history museum blew my mind as a kid.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

I am the custodian of this 160y/o baby. There is a second one in the garden, although it's surrounded by other mature trees and quite difficult to photograph despite its size. Sadly, a third has to be removed due to disease.

Do you live in a palace??!

 

[Lightnix]

Redwoods look great on the outside but they're dead inside.

 

[tonys]

Redwoods look great on the outside but they're dead inside.

All trees are

 

[Efour]

All ocukers are

 

[Will Gill]

Speak for yourself, I look rough on the outside and soft on the inside. Like an armadillo

 

[Lightnix]

All trees are

I'm surrounded by London Planes here which are only a bit dead inside and so are doing better than the rest of the city.

 

[beachBOYken]

Where is the tallest Redwood in UK?

I read we have one that is about 54 metres high so far, and the tallest tree in the UK currently is at around 66 metres which is a Fir tree, eventually that won't be the record holder.

 

[bazzabear]

Do I read that article correctly? They are unable to propagate in our climate, so the 500,000 that exist were all hand planted?

 

[BurningHorizons]

Do I read that article correctly? They are unable to propagate in our climate, so the 500,000 that exist were all hand planted?

Correct. Very hard (but not impossible) from UK trees. All the mature trees you see were planted from 1850's onwards - the Victorians loved them and then they fell out of favour.
This article explains how to grow them: https://www.redwoodworld.co.uk/growing.htm
And this explains how they came to the UK: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/nature/trees-plants/how-the-giant-sequoia-came-to-england

 

[Raymond Lin]

I find redwood really hardy, and easy to grow (keep as a bonsai). I've even cut a branch off a bonsai tree, stuck it straight into some soil and it grew some roots. Didn't even need to do airlayer. They also grow very fast if put into the ground. I would think twice planting them in most gardens, they love water and would pull a lot out of the soil so it can damage foundation if not careful. Some people sit the bonsai with their pot in a tray of water in the summer all day long and it won't have a problem being over watered.