
campus: NE of Community Hall, toward 15th St. It is also occasionally seen listed as 'Golden Mantle.' Regardless, since 'Ogon' is the original recorded cultivar name that is the only one considered valid." patent for this tree under the name, 'Golden Oji.' As it became aware that the plant was already circulating with a couple of different cultivar names, the patent was soon withdrawn. In 1995, New Oji Paper Company applied for a U.S. Around that same time, Larry Stanley & Sons nursery, Boring Oregon received it and starting distributing it under the name 'Gold Rush,' which to this day is the most commonly seen misspelling. In 1993, Pieter Zwijnenburg Jr., Boskoop, The Netherlands got the first propagation material directly from Japan and renamed it 'Goldrush' and began distributing it under that name in 1997. With this definition, the name 'Ogon' is the valid cultivar name. Its original Japanese name was 'Ogon' which translates to "gold bullion" or "gold coin". This plant has a very long and confusing saga pertaining to its proper nomenclature. Watering: The key to getting your new shrub or tree off to a good start is. Soil: Prefers moist, well-drained, slightly acidic soil, but will prosper in most soils. The original tree was planted in 1977 at the Kameyama breeding station, Institute for Forest Tree Improvement, New Oji Paper Co., Ltd, Mie, Japan. Growing Metasequoia (Gold Rush) This tall, deciduous conifer has fern-like needles and makes an impressive specimen tree for large properties.

"This cultivar originated in 1974 in Japan as a seedling selected from a batch of X-ray irradiated seed by the New Oji Paper Company.

The following is from the Amerian Conifer Society. Pale golden leaves turning orange and gold in autumn. Easy to transplant, performs best in moist, well-drained, slightly acid soils Commonly known as Dawn redwood, Shui-hsa, Water fir Deciduous. Deciduous conifer, tree, grows somewhat slower than the species, bright yellow foliage in spring and retains much of the color throughout the summer in autumn needles turn an orange-brown before they fall.
