#deciduous conifer

[geopsych]

The larch.

[rabbitcruiser]

Quite a Tree

What do you think about my pic?

[secondhandnature]

I collected this little Eastern Larch (Tamarack) tree, on a whim, with my bare hands, last fall from a bog in Michigan’s upper Peninsula. It’s one of my favorite trees because it’s so pretty and soft. It’s also cool because it’s on a short list of tree species known as deciduous conifers. The Larch’s needles change from green to bright yellow in fall and then they drop, but it also bears cones. I was beyond excited this spring when needles started to appear because I finally knew for certain that it had survived. I water and admire it everyday and I think eventually, maybe in spring, I’ll prune it down for Bonsai. Or maybe not. Maybe I’ll just plant it in my yard. Either way it’s pretty ridiculous how much I care about this little tree and how happy it makes me…lol.

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Thursday 17 November 2016

Beside this pond is the ideal location for Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium 'Nutans' (nodding pond cypress, swamp cypress). This deciduous conifer has ascending main branches and drooping, curving branchlets covered in soft green, linear leaves which turn this orange-brown in autumn. This plant will grow in wet or moist soil, ideally acidic but not essential, in sun or shade.

Jill Raggett

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 2 December 2015

On a damp winter day a grove of Metasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn redwood) provided an impressive sight in the gardens of Tatton Park, Cheshire, U.K. These large deciduous conifers have reddish-brown fibrous bark and soft, pale green linear leaves arranged in two rows on the shoots, these produce beautifully brownish-pink and yellow autumn colour. It was great to be able to walk through a group of these wonderful trees.

Jill Raggett

[spatheandspadix]

Chinese golden larch