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70 Top trees: Seasonal beauties

Japanese larch

Larix kaempferi
Key features
Tiny cones, a straight, slender trunk, and ∙Delicate foliage can burn in
alternating branches. These are the jewels the intense sunlight, so it is
important to protect the foliage
larch has to offer, whether grown naturally or
from the sun after you have
cultivated as a bonsai. This deciduous conifer pruned the new growth.
offers a feast of year-round enjoyment. Golden,
∙Allow some length to develop
swelling spring buds turn into vibrant, along the branches between
fresh new growth, followed by the nodes, otherwise the
bright yellow fall foliage. In alternating shoots will be
winter, the effect of its stark, too close together and the
result will be growth that
naked silhouette is
is overly dense and
softened by the crowded.
rounded cones.

Bright green foliage
follows gold-colored
spring buds

Multiple tall,
elegantly slim
trunks create
a beautiful
forest group

Looking closer Cones form on
Cones start out green, then turn the very tips
of the branches
brown, open up, and remain on
and add interest
the tree for several years. Thin
them out and do not allow too
many to form in one area—this
will look unbalanced. Thinning
the cones also helps conserve Aged bark is
the tree’s energy since they roughly textured
can be a great drain. and attractively
multicolored

One or two strong
roots often develop
but must not be
allowed to dominate;
be careful since the
tree does not tolerate
heavy root-pruning

35in / 88cm tall
Courtesy of Peter Chan