Based on the elegant form L. decidua has to be the lady of the two.

lol.. second pic.. late may in MI ...

THE SNOW SHOVEL IS STILL HANDY .. .LOL

ken

Both plants in the pics have orange-pink shoots, so they're both L. kaempferi, or L. � marschlinsii. No L. decidua there ;-)

Resin

oh resin.. are you changing your own mind from years back ... or am i mis-remembering the conversation ...

i swear i bought a duplicate name .. to balance the planting in front of the house... and you were the one who ID'd the difference.. perhaps based on the older pix below ... so in this one instance.. i actually went out and changed the tag .. what is the one below ...

or i dreamed it all .. lol .. and you have been consistent.. and i never changed the tag nor the dB ....

ken

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and for you ... how long planted.. and how fast do they grow.. this pic is from 2005 ... just 4 years ... and i probably cut the top 4 feet off.. when i had enough of the stakes ... i would say 2 to 4 feet per year ...
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and here they were in 2009 ... before i gave up trying to figure out how to get taller stakes ... and got tired of looking at the stakes on the porch ... so i topped them ....

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I see pink.......

In the trade all the decidua are actually kaempferi. This topic is as old as the stone age ;-)

Dax

whaas: Based on the elegant form L. decidua has to be the lady of the two.

ken, she's a dowager dripping lace and fringe, with a train on her gown.

What a pity they can't support themselves.

Ken,

Gorgeous!!! Just gorgeous. So, are there two different cultivars...Larix kaempferi 'Pendula' and Larix decidua 'Pendula'? How can you tell the difference?

Mine was labeled Larix decidua 'Pendula' and sadly it is not putting out a lot of side shoots. I don't even have a picture of it while it is in growth. I will try to get a photo of it this week. I hope mine puts out a full lush bit of growth.

The last photo really shows a great deal of your yard beyond the Larix and it is very beautiful. It must be wonderful to sit out on the deck with friends and enjoy that view. Very very nice!

Thanks for sharing.

I have what is supposed to be a Larix Decidua Pendula coming this spring. I would never be able to tell the difference between the decidua, kaempferi and marschlinsii.
I really appreciate the pics of yours, Ken as it's changed my mind as to where it'll be planted. You've just saved me some headaches!
Thanks for the pics and the humor. You're staving off my winter doldrums!

It's kaempferi 'Pendula'. There is no decidua. Mis-marketing. I've written that above.

Shape will be like Ken's plants only if staked. Once they reach a height you want them at, they will cascade for the remainder of their life and if not pruned they will crawl on the ground as the new growth continues cascading from those that are staked. If not staked at all, they will crawl on the ground, permanently.

Dax

Given your description, Dax, it sounds like it would be cool to construct a scaffold
for several years to create a tall, shapely cascade from one of these trees.

Josh

So it should be written Larix Kaempferi 'Pendula'? I think I've got it, Dax, thanks! I'd planned to stake it to about 6', then let it spill, like Ken's. It's clearly going to need more that that. I like that scaffolding idea!

Barb

Actually there is a real decidua 'Pendula'. It was in cultivation in Europe many years ago, but probably never got into cultivation here in the U.S. Here, you have kaempferi 'Pendula', kaempferi 'Julian's Weeper', laricina 'Nash's Pendula' (invalid cultivar name) possibly a 4th one that is likely x marschlinsii that is sold as decidua 'Pendula'. There is also 'Stiff Weeping' that is in the trade here and also 'Blue Rabbit Weeping' in Europe. Not to mention the strongly weeping hybrid taxon L. x pendula (which is decidua x laricina).

barb asks:

Larix Kaempferi 'Pendula' ???

no capital K ....

second latin name is NEVER capitalized ...

so it would be

Larix kaempferi 'Pendula'

ken

Don't know why I'm having such trouble grasping this and I appreciate you setting me straight. I will learn eventually.

Thank you!

Barb

I wish I could see the pictures in this thread. Are they available somewhere else?

Try Google.

GW outsources all photos here. Look for this thread.

Dave

This is a true Larix decidua 'Pendula' which is growing in my Pinetum.
Without the needles the yelowish branch colour is cleary visuable.

Larix decidua 'Pendula'
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ken

Thanks for re-posting your pictures Ken. Lovely!!

I am fascinated by Larix and may get up the nerve to post some pics of mine.