These two have been right next to eachother all growing season, look at the difference.

The one on the right is a two or three year old clone, a hardwood cutting of a species metasequoia.

The smaller is a seedling I found under the same tree last year which I potted this spring before it became impossible to remove.

The seedling might resemble the parent tree more. Wonder if the location the cutting was taken from makes a difference? It was an upright interior shoot my Metasequoia seems to make then eliminate if I don't get to them first lol.