Remember the pandemic? Sequoia had purchased 80 Sequoia trees at a nursery in Germany and they were en route to Oceanology International in the UK where we were planning to exhibit. Oceanology 2020 was cancelled, leaving our German distributor, MacArtney Germany GmbH with the seedlings:
Sequoia’s marketing team and MacArtney Germany successfully sent out all seedlings to recipients across Europe within a few weeks. Several of them sent photos back to us of them and their Sequoia seedling.
A 2020 Sequoia seedling recipient in the suburbs of Zagreb, Croatia sent the photo below in late July 2025. The Sequoia is clearly doing well, which makes us here at Sequoia very happy!

Sequoia tree growing in the suburbs of Zagreb, Croatia. Given away in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic. Flip flop EU size 43/44 for scale.
If you are a 2020 Sequoia pandemic seedling recipient and you now have a Sequoia tree growing in your garden we’d love to know about it – send us a picture of your tree!