I planted this one about 33 years ago. Last Fall when this picture was taken, it measured approximately 77 ft. The lower limbs are dying and will have to be removed. Too much shade, I guess. I hope the information I've given you will help you decide where to place yours. I would plant the variety 'Ogon' if you can. The needles are a beautiful yellow. I will try to find a picture of mine. Mike

Thank you--I am putting them in this afternoon.

"Is Coast Redwood hardiness in the east limited by its root system...?" I would say it definitely isn't. The tops of mine have been burned in the past 2 winters, but the roots had no trouble pushing them to a quick recovery in the mid-spring. And that is without heavy mulch, too. The thought some "hardiness life force" will come up from the roots is mistaken. If anything, dawn redwood roots are "used" to getting to shut down in the winter. If that happened on a coast redwood top growth, it would be disastrous. One reason they can grow along the eastern seaboard, within reason, is very dry soil in winter here is statistically highly unlikely, compared with, say, parts of the midwest. cf: http://www.climatesource.com/images/ppt_jan.gif

embothrium, I have several magnolias and I LOVE LOVE LOVE them...However, I know the above trees I mentioned all need good amount of sun, and since I don't have as much experience with these trees, I guess I was kind of wanting to see which of all these trees (love them all,btw) really would get the most out of this full sun, blazing hot in the summer for sure, in this zone 7a I live in. kentrees12, thanks, the spruce would look beautiful there, I know it. Do you know if it is a fast grower? I hope it is because we could use the privacy from an evergreen there. I realized I overlooked that area right on the edge of our property... I was looking for space WITHIN the forest;instead, I needed to look from the outside in:)