Grow Your Own Giant Sequoia
By (Author) Scott Meyers
HarperCollins Focus
Cider Mill Press Book Publishers LLC
13th April 2010
United States
General
Non Fiction
64
Sequoias are the biggest trees in the world. Now you can grow your own!
The Giant Sequoia is an evergreen long-lived tree living for up to 2,200 years. They are the tallest trees on Earth, reaching up to 115.5 m (379.1 ft) in height and 8 m (26ft) diameter at breast height. They are native to coastal California and the southwestern corner of Oregon within the United States.
Sequoia National Park is the laregest known forest of such trees, Early settlers hacked tunnels through their trunks as tourist attractions which vactioners now drive their cars through.
For more than a millennium, the Giant Sequoias have dominated the forests of the Northwestern coastline of the US, and have come to symbolize longevity, strength, majesty, prosperity, and power. Now you can grow these ancient trees in your own home and leave a legacy to your children, your grand children, and your great grand children.
Each kit comes with germinated seeds, growing medium and a dish to start your small plant on its way to millennium's worth of growth and prosperity.