Larch from the auction

I got this in the auction last year . a bargain at £25 i thought. A lot of the growth was on the ends of the big branches . It would have been easy to have just put pads on the ends of them but i wanted to make something a bit more interesting for my garden . I know its not to everyones taste but i like it and think its like the larches i see with drooping branches. I need to do something with the big root and maybe some root grafting in the future would make the nebari more pleasing.

This is when i got it



This would have been the easy way , but a bit boring and not like the trees i see .


This is what i wanted it to look like



The results

Very nice tree and very nice development Smithy!
I never saw this tree in my region
Could you please give me some specific info about this sp.? (characteristics, climate conditions, may be its humor )

Thanks
Taner

Hi Taner, its a Larix, could be a decidua, i can't tell for sure. Maybe its a kaempferi.
It lives in Wales at the moment where it rains all the time. It likes to live in the land of fantasy.

I think it does not like to live in my region where temp. exceeds 38 oC time to time (land of hell)

I think someone with more knowledge will have to advise you on that. They are becoming my favourite tree to work on as they are very tough and forgiving. 38 is the land of fantasy for us

Smithy wrote:I think someone with more knowledge will have to advise you on that. They are becoming my favourite tree to work on as they are very tough and forgiving. 38 is the land of fantasy for us

You have strange fantasies

What abaut 45 degred at august.
And my acer palamtums still live.

I think you may find that larches grow in Turkey up in the mountains. You will have to ask other bonsai growers in your area if larch will survive as bonsai.
Remember I mentioned Turkey might have a climate similar to Britain. They grow larches all the time. It might be worth trying.
Iris

Thank you Iris.
I will think about this though not sure to find

Hi memet,
I would like to see your fried acers

In Central New York, we can have several days in Summer when it is over 90, 32 C. I have to admit it is very very rarely over 100, 38 C. Larches do fine here in full sun. Maples are OK, but as bonsai need a little shade.
Iris

Hello, Taner!

I am fond of larches!
I have done lately a little research about the species and I will refer specifically to climate conditions of Greece.... So, you can try and "translate" this for your region and local conditions.
Well, the results are that European Larch-Larix desidua is not suitable for southern Greece, it is mostly an alpine zone tree so it can be found at the very high mountains of southern Greece. I have asked Pavel Slovak about this issue and he suggested that I could try the Japanese larch or Larix Kaempferi which is found at 500m altitude (and above).

A friend of mine has bought overseas 5 seedlings (2-3 years old) but they did not make it here in Athens.
So, I decided to make an attempt with seeds. I have sowed some seeds of Japanese larch and I am waiting for them to sprout. I thought that maybe starting from seeds the new plants will have the time to adjust to local climate conditions (if they ever present themselves) and they will respond better. We will see what happens...

Hi Alexandra

I really would like to see your achievement on this sp.
I dont have chance to grow from seeds as I dont have a garden
Any my balcony is almost full
May be you send me one of your young larches a few years later

BTW thanks for information
Taner

bonsaisr wrote:I think you may find that larches grow in Turkey up in the mountains. You will have to ask other bonsai growers in your area if larch will survive as bonsai.
Remember I mentioned Turkey might have a climate similar to Britain. They grow larches all the time. It might be worth trying.
Iris

Some part of our land like Britain. Always rainy and larches living in natural place. At north. Also central anatolia

İn my area, we have very Mediterranean klimate. Larches living up to the high mountain, near here.
We are testing whit a friend for two year. But summer hot and less moisture. We try.

SMITTY,, Your larch is looking good.. I like the way you have styled it...going to be a nice tree..take care john

moyogijohn wrote:SMITTY,, Your larch is looking good.. I like the way you have styled it...going to be a nice tree..take care john

Thanks John, I like being called SMITTY , it reminds me of when i used to go to India and everyone called me SMITTY

smithy,,sorry about the miss sp. name!! I do really like the tree and your styleing of it..take care john

This is how this one is progressing . Some branches will be jinned in the future. Probably my favourite tree in my collection.