Dawn Redwood Thrives in Lowcountry Landscapes

I garden in one of the largest sub-tropical arboretums in America. It’s called the South Carolina Lowcountry. Sandwiched between labyrinths of Interstate concrete and folded along both sides of US 17, this botanical paradise begins at Garden City near the Georgia border and extends past Myrtle Beach to the North Carolina state line.

Of course, Charleston is the shining star of Lowcountry horticulture and I’m fortunate to garden there. Although I’ve tended the same spot for over twenty years, I’m never bored because there’s always another flowering shrub, herbaceous ornamental, or tree to discover.

Needless to say, I can’t own every bit of flora that I fall in love with, so maybe that’s why I became a garden writer and photographer.

I’m currently smitten with a towering dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) that thrives on the College of Charleston campus.

Read my story about dawn redwood at
http://statebystategardening.com/state.php/carolinas/articles/dawn_redwood/