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    Show us your Larix (larch)

    Update, Winter work
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    Root Bound Benefits.....

    Here it is in 2023, this year another 8 new shoots sprouted.
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    Japanese Larch Shohin?

    We had a cold very wet spring way up here in the PNW but finally got some ☀️, which my RoR E. Larch loves.
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    Show us your Larix (larch)

    This shows my European Larch I displayed during a presentation on Bonsai to our local Noon hours Rotarian group.
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    Hope this one lives.....

    This one is doing well.
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    Hope this one lives.....

    An update on these, after some needle thinning and maintenance.
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    Japanese Larch Shohin?

    I actually found out recently from a very reliable source that this one I thought my Japanese, is actually a European Larch. During our heat dome last year in late June it got up to 40 degrees ( breaking all sorts of records)…..many of the trees suffered and I lost 4……their needles hadn’t had a...
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    Japanese Larch Shohin?

    Early summer update. Nice dark green colour with some second flushed branchlets.
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    Hope this one lives.....

    Finally some Sunshine after a prolonged cool very wet spring. The two Shore Pine (pinus contorta, contorta), shown here have significantly different characteristics, one collected on the Western side of Van. is., and the literati styled one was collected on the East side! They have both back...
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    Hope this one lives.....

    Thank you, I have been very fortunate to learn from some of the best and most experienced Yamadori collectors up here on the PNW. Their trees have travelled south to well known professionals and private collections.
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    Hope this one lives.....

    Some different angles of this “Welcome Tree”, a Shore Pine (Pinus Contorta, Contorta). It stands about 60”.
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    Show us your Larix (larch)

    European Larch RoR and a J. Larch Forest.
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    Japanese Larch Shohin?

    Yes couldn’t agree more..... a decent shallow rectangular or oval perhaps. As one can see from the ugly “cage” I am trying to encourage root growth on the lower section of the stone (Rock) it’s perched on. The upper roots are starting to hide the Stone well.
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    Japanese Larch Shohin?

    After a little trim.......
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    Japanese Larch Shohin?

    Some pinching in its future.
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