Geo
Chumono
Can anyone remember what species of Larix that crust displayed to such effect at the big shew?
Western larches
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M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
My guess is almost certainly Tamarack
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
There is no question that this is Larch. Can anyone provide me with the botanical name of this Larch? Are you aware that Larch grows in Alaska?
wireme
Masterpiece
Not sure which post exactly you are referencing but the ones I collected and yesterday's pic are Larix Occidentalis.
More pics from yesterday's walk, I love being in the land of western larch, pics don't do justice at all, fantastic trees.
Geo
Chumono
A sight for sore eyes.
KennedyMarx
Omono
I really like the one in the little (one gallon?) pot. Sucks you lost that one, but these are nice.
wireme
Masterpiece
Thanks, I like it too, almost readymade really, peel some bark adjust a branch and there's a fine little tree there.
Here's the fall colours of the collected ones. I'll repot one or both next spring.
wireme
Masterpiece
A few more images from yesterday, this is really cool, a large natural raft. Hard to see in the pics maybe but all these trunks in the foreground come up from the trunk of a quite old small tree that blew over many years ago, roots still working apparently. 
wireme
Masterpiece
Moved out of the box couple nights ago. Hopefully the late timing works out. I was gentle with the soil removal and conservative with root pruning to try to make up for timing, we'll see, I'll keep it updated. 
wireme
Masterpiece
Probably reduce it down to hereabouts in time. 
wireme
Masterpiece
This one is coming into spring looking happy too.
No repot for this one but it will see some pruning and possibly get fiddled with a bit.
No repot for this one but it will see some pruning and possibly get fiddled with a bit.
AlainK
Imperial Masterpiece
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
The Larch in Alaska is Laricina or Eastern Larch.
justBonsai
Omono
Looks great! Wish I could grow larches here but it's just too hot.
Here are a few pics from today. 1st is a western I picked up at a nursery this spring. The timing was perfect for a repot-partial soil replacement. Note the Japanese Larch in the lower left corner, not as far along in budding out as the Western. 2nd, a crummy pic of an Eastern Larch in the shade. The
Last species to bud out here. 3rd, a sapling Western in the landscape that was ravaged by a buck last fall. Under 4' tall but notice the conelets. Tree is a little stressed. I'd be too if a buck debarked half my hide.
Last species to bud out here. 3rd, a sapling Western in the landscape that was ravaged by a buck last fall. Under 4' tall but notice the conelets. Tree is a little stressed. I'd be too if a buck debarked half my hide.
AlainK
Imperial Masterpiece
Yeah, when you look at the plant list, you understand it's sometiles difficult to choose a name between the 203 listed there!...
wireme
Masterpiece
Interesting, laricina seems to be all across the north, I haven't been to Alaska but have seen tons of laricina up in northern Alberta. The Range of L. Occidentalis and L. Lyalli is a lot smaller I think.
Are there any other North American Larix besides those three?
wireme
Masterpiece
Cool.
Funny to see the western larch budding out ahead of the others there. It's amazing how fast they move in spring, mine had green showing when the box was still frozen into the mulch. Every two or three years here the larch loose their first flush of needles to frost and have to grow a new batch.
Yours was not so far flushed out as the pic when you repotted was it?
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
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Sorce
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