Pseudolarix x kampferi (amabilis)

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Nice pics Ken, but the name isn't Pseudolarix x amabilis but Pseudolarix amabilis, it's a true species and not a cross.

Your last pic is a tricky one because it isn't a Pseudolarix amabilis but a Metasequioa glyptostroboides ;0)

hey joy ....

i figured you would correct my nomenclature ... no problem there ....

but all 3 pix are of the same plant ... you can see the odd smaller sub-leader .... in all 3 pix ... the last is from the opposite side ...

all i can go on.. is what i was told at the point of sale .... i claim no specialty at diagnosing ID ....

ken

Yep, Ken's last pic is definitely Pseudolarix ;-)

Resin

My two L. lyallii grew like crazy this year ! ....put on something close to 3 feet (0.9m).
The pictures below are from earlier this season -- they were just getting started then.

No cones yet, but I expect it must be getting close to time for the first ones....
Very keen on seeing those, just for confirmation, because from what I've heard, L. lyallii is supposed to be a SLOW grower.... Not sure what happened there.
Comments anyone ?

Will post new pics once I get some cones....

Here's my Larix occidentalis from last summer. Will try to get an update - it also has grown like crazy.
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Hi Ken,
I thought you tried to surprise us with a differend deciduous conifer and that nobody would see that.
The thing is that your first 2 pics shows us a plant with a dark coloured stem, while the 3th pic shows us one with a lighter coloured stem...
Like told before, species are not my thing ;0)

well there you go joy ....

the difference between 1/2 and number 3.... is about 200$ in camera .... lol .. i upgraded the camera ...

that and simply the amount of sunlight .... [in a better camera]

maybe later i will post other pix of other larix ... busy day today ...

ken

let me know the nomenclature problems...

a blue larix

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better name???

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Larix also grows like CRAZY here. I imagine out of all plants, this is one plant genus I will have to move/remove first. They seem to grow about twice as long as suggested here - or more.

Larix kaempferi 'Diana'. Grew about 2' it's first year, then had some die-back, and grew another couple feet this year. This cultivar is known for it's irregular, twisted growth.

Larix decidua 'Pendula'. Probably kaempferi as the weeping European larch is quite rare.

Pseudolarix amabilis. Was tiny in Spring, grew ridiculously fast in a few months with part-sun....!

Larix kaempferi 'Newport Beauty'. One of the slowest growing larch I have seen. A couple inches a year so far though it is NOT established yet.

Larix kaempferi 'Lanark'. Not happy in this dry spot but I'm pretty determined to get it going.

Larix Kaempferi 'Jakobsen's Pyramid'. An extremely narrow, fast growing larch. Maybe this clematis can keep up!

-Will

After the blue, the yelow ...

Clément

Will, I'm glad that you wrote the Larix kaempferi 'JaKobsen Pyramid' in the good way with a K instead of a C.
Mr. Arne Vagn Jakobsen from Denmark is proud to you to that you did it this way ;0)
Also check on your weeping one on a standert if the wood is reddish, if so you do have a Japanese Larix, if yellowish grey, then you have an European Larix.

Clément, that yellow needled 'Lucek' looks very beautiful!

Larix decidua 'Pendula'
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At the left side there's a Larix kaempferi 'Little Bogle' with the typical red wood.

Larix kaempferi 'Wolterdingen'. A 'dwarf', sometimes even ridiculously even referred to as a near-miniature, my specimen grew 3-4" on all sides the first year, 5-10" the next and finally slowed down this year to 'only' 3-4" again.

Larix kaempferi 'Paper Lanterns'. Peeking out from beneath 'Wolterdingen', it's doing OK now. Noted for it's large production and interesting cones.

-Will

Larix occidentalis, summer 2009.
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Summer 2010. (in larger pot)

Larix kaempferi 'Wolterdingen'