larch

[defra]

Hot and dry summers! Stone dry!
I have already tried with Larix kaempferi which is supposed to be more tolerant to warmer conditions but with no luck.
A friend from France has sent to me one small tree grown from seed by himself.
I received the tree in October and it did wake up next spring and managed to grow being positioned on a norther balcony.
But it didn't wake up the second spring...

Ah that realy sucks
Hmm how are the winters over there ?

Maybe you can try grow some from seeds yourself to experiment allitle

I also find stuff about pseudo larch (golden larch) to be more suitable for warmer climates maybe something to look into

 

[defra]

Yesterday at a workshop i worked on this larch
Fully rewired and some deadwood work amd styled for the seccond time its way more compact now i realy like the outcome

 

[defra]

Getting green!

 

[just.wing.it]

Getting green!

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Hell yeah man, nice!
I love how new larch foliage looks!

 

[Cosmos]

Love your larch. It seems like a fairly attainable design, in a good manageable size. Inspiring!

 

[AlainK]

Hot and dry summers! Stone dry!
I have already tried with Larix kaempferi which is supposed to be more tolerant to warmer conditions but with no luck.
A friend from France has sent to me one small tree grown from seed by himself.
I received the tree in October and it did wake up next spring and managed to grow being positioned on a norther balcony.
But it didn't wake up the second spring...

The pb is not only the heat: of course, some trees from colder climates - including J. maples, are unfortunately likely to fry or at least barely survive in your climate, but for larch, humidity, and the difference in temperature between day and night is a very important factor.

Most Larch species are mountain trees that like a cool night and a sunny day with mist in the morning.

But Larix x eurolepis (or x marschlinsii), the Dunkeld Larch is probably the one that is the most adaptable.

If you like, I can send you a lousy one (got several lousy ones) for a 50 cl bottle of Ouzo, or even better a litre of good organic olive oil in return

 

[my nellie]

Hi @AlainK
Thank you for your offer

I have something better than Ouzo for you if you're really interested. Home made of course!
And the olive oil which I use for my family cooking is coming from a friend, no insecti-fungicides, no heat treatment
But it's a little late to send plants by post... too hot over here
Send you a pm

 

[just.wing.it]

Came back for a second look...
You've done well with this material, for sure.
Keep up the good work!

 

[defra]

This one growing strong gotta cut it back soon

 

[defra]

Pruned back for the seccond time now
And removed the wire right on time it started
To bite in just a little bit branches are staying in place

 

[defra]

Made a video of this larch
It finaly decided to turn from green to yellow!

On the pot i marked 1, 2, 3, 4, as possible fronts
When all the needles have fallen i will start to wire it once again

Movie:

 

[Cosmos]

Front 2! Front 2! Front 2. Nicely made video.

 

[defra]

Front 2! Front 2! Front 2. Nicely made video.

Thnx to bad youtube downs the quality, on my phone the original is way sharper
My personal fav is 2 as front too but my teacher prefferes 3
Ill make another video when naked so the structure can be seen better ... roots are horrible from all sides so that isnt a factor in determing the front

 

[AlainK]

Very nice work.

Makes me think of Arihato, I learned a lot from him.

Don't want to steal the thread, but a week ago, I took a few pics from some of mine in training, it's a lesser exemple of what can be done with Larch, but I think it's a similar approach.



The last pic is a lousy design, OK, but if you look at the 6th pic with wound sealant (August 2017) and the 9th (November 2018), you can see how well it heals.

So when the tree is more mature, the design will change: I may repot it in the spring, and if it grows well, I'll pinch it or prune it "in green", that's about mid-June, mid-July.

 

[AlainK]

Another one that I would like to make a "Fukinagashi" (windswept), or a "Han-Kengai" (semi-cascade). I had a good one years ago, but I lost it. I know that these two "styles" are among the most popular among beginners, but that it's very difficult to make a convincing one.

That's why I'm trying!



The one I lost, with still a lot of work to do, esp. in the top part, but anyway, it's dead now.

Wow, that was in April 2005. If it were now, I think I would have saved it :

 

[defra]

Nice work @AlainK
I dont mind you posting this here !

Last pic was realy Nice!

 

[defra]

And next video
I fully wired and styled this one in winter
Its slowely starting to wake up
Looking back at the start of this tree i think in heading in the right direction

 

[defra]

Update picture april 2021

 

[Rivka]

reading over this whole thread twice now has given me so much insight on my larches and styling options for them, thanks for coming back and upding over all the years, so many good threads start and then fade off and we never know if the choices worked and how the trees faired.

 

[Shogun610]

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