Does it maintain that color until it colors up in the fall?

I'm not sure. It's actually in an out an out of the way spot in the middle of a field, and I didn't have an opportunity to check it much last year but I will be watching it closer now out of curiosity.

Thanks, Ken, it has a good ring of mulch but it is further away from my usual walking rounds to check my trees so I will have to keep an eye on it for soil moisture and see what happens with it.

I don't know about yours, but several years ago, one one mine did something really weird. The green leaves started turning creamy WHITE. I think the next season, we had an April heat wave and the leaves then got blasted/charred. My replacement trees are fine now and growing taller and taller. At the time, I suspected something environmental. My neighbors have a pool and I suspect they emptied water into the area and inadvertently killed it. These trees are very sensitive to salts and not sure what is in pool water but probably was not helpful.

I feel like I have seen that before but can't put my finger on it....

With any luck yours does that forever and you have a new cultivar. Maybe try to take a cutting or two when the opportunity presents itself/the fellow is big enough.

There is a yellow cultivar of Metasequoia available. However, the light browning of the ends with the yellow makes me wonder if it's environmental. Do you have a picture of the whole tree?

Sometimes new growth on mine is slightly reddish. Give it alittle time to see if the chlorophyll builds up.

That could be it Beng. It's different than my other species M.g. but I'll watch it to see what happens with time.

NWalton, I have the yellow cultivar "Ogon", as well as "Silhouette" and "Schirmann's Nordlicht" and it's not like any other those. Likely one of the causes above but I'll watch with interest.

Grass cutting break: took some foliage photos of M.g. for general interest.

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Metasequoia glyptostroboides "Silhouette"

Metasequoia glyptostroboides "Ogon"

Metasequoia glyptostroboides "Schirmann's Nordlicht"

All my DR's are the generic, 'straight', green ones. Maybe my own particular experience but those seemed least problematic compared to the variegated cultivars.

Thanks for the pictures. You have a whole catalog of Metasequoia!

Ogon has been painless for me. This year with the mild winter the Japanese beetles are really bad and they're actually eating it. Less bad than the regular species trees but they are still eating it.

I love Metasequoia! Sorry to hear about the Japanese beetle damage for you, Toronado. I've only seen two beetles so far this year and they were on a Salix.

Aside from any possible issues that may be causing the colouration above, I haven't had any major issue with any of my M.g. yet, and the cultivars have been very vigorous.

Japanese beetles are tearing up my gold rush too. My Gold rush is showing some weird foliage issues but I'm not sure it's do to the beetles. Although, there are always at least 20 beetles on the tree, I've never actually see the beetles on these areas of the damage though. Does this look like jap beetle damage?