My larches had a baby!

14 years ago

Some may recall my mention of two Larix decidua I planted near our office some years back. They have grown very well in a normal, well-drained full sun site.

Last year, the large mulch rings underneath these trees had pretty much withered away to bare dirt, and I saw several seedlings there. I had intended to harvest these, grow them on a bit, and then move them up north to my forest planting. But the entire site got re-mulched before I could do so, beyond my control. Oh well.

Fast-forward to yesterday. I was doing some work in that area, which includes a large perennial garden and much other mixed landscaping. I do work here often as it is our showcase bed and busy office entrance with many members of the public coming often to register their kids for various programs, etc. So I was surprised to see a nice 1-foot-tall larch seedling that I had somehow missed previously, growing in amongst a low-growing juniper planting. This is now in a pot, awaiting transplant on my land.

I have there already, many hybrid larch and some native Larix laricinia, but this new baby has special significance for me. Not to mention, I really love to see and find conifer volunteers. In this same fashion, I have two Picea pungens found in a park sign mixed bed last year growing up there.

No big deal really, but it is exciting for me!

+oM

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gardener365
14 years ago
That is a big deal! It's a great story, thanks.

Dax
sluice
14 years ago
I have to ask, is it crooked?

;)
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"And I'm not sure how thats the case when I see them in Canada in fall peak color while in Oregon, where its warmer is losing leaves sooner. I thought leaves drop first in colder areas." You need to do some research on tree dormancy :-) Cold temps are not an overriding factor.....day length has an equal if not larger impact as does gradually declining temperatures. Oregon is further north than New Jersey so less daylight begins earlier there than it does further south. And "warmer" is relative...........most of OR is milder than NJ in winter but it is not necessarily warmer than NJ overall. Rarely so in summer and with a pretty steady but gradual decline in both day time and night time temperatures starting in late summer. And this same gradual decline has not been duplicated by recent weather patterns along the east coast. The peak of fall color in the PNW is almost always mid to late October and leaf drop follows very shortly thereafter. Most deciduous trees here have already lost all their leaves. And the deciduous conifers are among some of the earliest to shed their needles. My niece's grove of metasequoias are all fully naked :-) And I was at the nursery yesterday scoping out plants for a design project and noticed that the taxodiums and larches were all at least partially defoliated, if not fully defoliated, for the season.
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
14 years ago
isnt it amazing .... how this foot tall tree just mysteriously appears ... like you didnt notice it for the last 3 or 4 years ...

congrats grandpa.. where are the cigars ...

ken
gardener365
14 years ago
A crooked seedling.
Stake it! lol . Stake em all! ha ha ha

'It's all relevant...' ;0)

Dax
wisconsitom
Original Author
14 years ago
It's been a long, good day up at the "spruce ranch", so you will have to forgive me.......I know there's something funny about you guys asking if the little larch is crooked, but at the moment, it's all just brain-fade for me. What am I missing?

Anyway, that guy is in the ground now, taking its ultimate place near some red-twig dogwoods we planted last weekend. The latter are also all from volunteer seedlings from the same general area, grown in pots this summer, and now, having grown to as tall as 6 ft.(!), in their permanent homes as well. Not conies, but still some great volunteer plants.

+oM
sluice
14 years ago
+oM,

That's an oblique reference to one of my favorite threads on this forum, the one about the crooked larch seedlings.

Glad to hear things are progressing up at the ranch.

A token of appreciation,
{{gwi:692466}}
larch seedling (Larix occidentalis)
gardener365
14 years ago
That SOB ...be crooked! ;)

Dax
jorginho
14 years ago
Well, I understand you very well! I never knew we had Picea Abies in the woods in my province in The Netherlands, but it turns out it actually grows in every wood over here. That was fantastic to see. I was obsessed by these trees 20 years ago and lamented it wasn't here, bar some plantations. I stopped with this hobby and through weather (winter!) photography I ventured into the woods again and walked into them. After 3 months I found a couple of large firs (Abies Alba) and then, unexpected: hundreds of seedlings of those firs!!! I cheered! But the biggest cheer came a month later, when I discovered what I did not expect: a Picea Abies seedling. Simply a fantastic day!

So congratulations with your tree! Are there more European conifers growing there?

BTW: Larix Decidua grows here, in the same woods, aswell and in full sun I think it actually grows really fast. So I do not know about your climatic conditions, but a foot tall seedling is may be 2 years old I guess...It grows poorly when there is no sun.
wisconsitom
Original Author
14 years ago
Ah yes, the old crooked larch seedling thread. I think I started that one too! Funny to say, your pic looks exactly like the one I mentioned at the top of this thread. How'd you get a picture of my baby? ;^)

Jorg, nice finds in the woods. Your reactions sound like me! The European larch is quite commonly planted here, and does indeed grow fast. Like all larches, it has almost no shade tolerance-full sun is a must for good growth. Picea abies is also very common here. Pinus nigra, P. sylvestris, and Abies nordmanniana can also be seen.

+oM

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