Hello I am trying to grow a weeping sequoia in Cape breton Nova Scotia.I planted it from seed and is now growing quite well.Some zone maps say Im in zone 6a others 5b will I have luck? and what to do to ensure its sucess rate.
Is it producing drooping growth? If not you don't have a 'Pendulum'. I haven' heard of this one coming true from seed. Maybe some weeping seedlings do come up from seeds taken off a 'Pendulum', otherwise it's probably safe to assume you are not going to get a weeper.
I believe it is too soon to see drooping growth .I hope the seeds were genuinely pendulum as advertised but I guess only time will tell.They are only a couple of months old .If they dont grow from seed how does a pendulum propogate.
It's grafted. It's a garden form, not a wild race or other botanical entity that reproduces itself from seed like a species does. It may effectively never come true from seed, I don't know. Some cultivars give a percentage of similar seedlings and others do not. Seeds of cultivars may be offered for those who wish to experiment, the fact that they are offered does not necessarily carry an implication of a high likelihood of similar seedlings.
There are a few different clones available of S.g Pendulum. One has a fantastic columnar habit, the other has a rather random growth habit. I planted the more random clone in a friends garden a few years ago. It grew well to about 3ft in height, then produced a branch that grew at 90 degrees for about 18 inches, before then reverting to the original upright route. All the foliage hangs down as it should and has become an unexpected star in the garden. Who knows how it will grow this season!?
There's a photo of one at Lausanne BG (Switzerland) in Krüssmann's Cultivated Conifers (plate 151) which looks like a stalking Tyrannosaurus rex . . .
Thanks guys for all the info and links to internet sites .I am more than ever determined to grow a sequoia pendulum in my garden.
