Scientific Name: Sequoiadendron giganteum 'Pendulum'
Common Name: weeping Sierra redwood
Family Name: Cupressaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Conifer
Mature Size: 15 - 22m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Irregular
Form: Irregular, Weeping
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Specimen plant
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Acidic, Well-drained
Leaves: Scale-like, Opposite, Spiraled, Leathery, Prickly, Glabrous, Ovate, Other, Entire
Flowers: n/a (male cone), Yellow, Apr-May
Fruit: Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct, (Persistent)
Key ID Features:
Habit irregular ('Dr. Seuss-like'), narrow, pendent side branches; leaves awl-shaped, gray-green, point forward on shoots.