Dawn Redwoods grow to be over 100 feet tall with a spread of about 25 feet at full maturity. The leaves are opposite and a fresh green color in spring in the fall the needles fade to a burnt-orange, red-brown color, older specimen form wide buttresses on the lower trunk. Dawn Redwoods produce cones between 1.5 and 2.5 cm in diameter arranged in opposite pairs in four rows.