Anyone grow either giant redwoods or coast redwoods in colder climates?

[Mountaineer]

AKA Sequoia serpervirens (coast redwood) and Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia)....
S. giganteum is supposed to be 'just' hardy here, and S. serpervirens is what I really want here, and is supposed to be a little less hardy.
I am 2 zones out of S. sepervirens climate- but willing to take a small risk here.
I'm planning to protect them for a few years somewhat until they get a little bark.
Anyways I found a fairly cheap source for seedlings, but don't want to BURN money.

Thanks- I'd love to hear anyone's borderline successes with these!

[Rod Torgeson]

Mountaineer.......I used to live near Duvall, Washington. About 1 mile south of Duvall where I turned off the main highway(big rock road) there were two giant sequoias. Both were over 100 feet tall. I lived 5 miles east of there and planted one. When I moved from there in 1992 it was doing fine. The weather there does get to the single digits sometimes. From there I moved north of Seattle and west of Marysville, Washington. I planted four of them(gallon size) and they were doing fine when I left there in 2000. One of them grew 18 inches in one year. Been thinking about planting some where I live now. The weather here is a little bit colder then the other two places I mentioned. I am not sure where you live but I think they will do fine.

Hope this helps.
Rod<---in Appleton, WA

[Mountaineer]

Thanks Rod. I've done the same! This is by far the coldest spot yet though. I'll look up your towns and see how they match where I live.

[Terri]

Mountaneer, will you tell me your source for young Redwoods? I would like one also.

[unioncreek]

We had a temporary helper one year that told me someone in the forestory industry gave her a couple of redwood seedlings. She planted them and one survived, she would cover it in the winter for the first couple of year. The last time I talked to her she said it was 10 feet tall. We're located in southeastern Washington.

Bobg

[Mountaineer]

Terri it's in Canada. You could probably have them mailed, but it may be more simple to find them in the States.

[swollen tongue]

coast redwood planted as a five gallon specimen in 1975 at Hope, Idaho. grew to about 20' tall the last time I saw it back in the 90's. It got burnt one cold winter when it got down to 15-20 below or so, but it came right back the next spring.

[Mountaineer]

VERY promising, thanks ST.