Sequoia sempervirens Brookgreen Gardens and the blue-purple stems lend

and the blue-purple stems lend a quiet contrast the rest of the year

half-vining shrub carries glossy evergreen leaves and a tangle of thorns

or a big container

dense enough to notice

bright site with the fullest flowering

Sequoia sempervirens Brookgreen Gardens and the blue-purple stems lendThis conifer native to California and southern Oregon is the familiar giant redwood tree. A specimen of this tree over 300 feet tall may be the tallest tree in the world. It grows well in much of the Southeast U. S. region and there are large specimens in Williamsburg, VA., Abbeville and Charleston, South Carolina. it needs a well drained but moist, fertile soil. Maximum size may not be reached in cultivation and not in a human lifetime but obviously