We call these Wellingtonias over here in Britain, and what a grand tree they are.
The seed was brought over around 150 years ago and they are rapidly approaching the tallest trees in the country, up to about 180ft. Douglas fir is the current leader at around 200 ft, but they had a 20 year start on the seed arriving. Both top our native trees by a large margin.
It's said that our native trees were once larger, but 2000 years of logging has removed all of the biggest specimens and the cultivars they came from.
The oldest of these giant sequoias are 2,000 and even 3,000 years old. They are the largest living things on earth in terms of mass. However, their more common but lesser known cousins, the coastal redwoods, are the tallest living things on earth.
My daughter looks so young there. It's amazing how much she's grown in two years!
No way Dana, leave 'em be, anything that old makes even me seem young !
John
you going to whittle em all out of it JH?
Never mind dulcimers in a jar, how many noters in a giant redwood ???
JohnH
Amazing how big those trees really are!
Wow! The children will always remember and love these trees. :)
Hi Dusty,
We call these Wellingtonias over here in Britain, and what a grand tree they are.
The seed was brought over around 150 years ago and they are rapidly approaching the tallest trees in the country, up to about 180ft.
Douglas fir is the current leader at around 200 ft, but they had a 20 year start on the seed arriving. Both top our native trees by a large margin.
It's said that our native trees were once larger, but 2000 years of logging has removed all of the biggest specimens and the cultivars they came from.
Cuteness factor of 10 on the kids
john p
The oldest of these giant sequoias are 2,000 and even 3,000 years old. They are the largest living things on earth in terms of mass. However, their more common but lesser known cousins, the coastal redwoods, are the tallest living things on earth.
My daughter looks so young there. It's amazing how much she's grown in two years!