Larix kaempferi 'DIANA'

Larix kaempferi 'DIANA'
Japanese larch

SIZE/TYPE	medium-sized tree
USUAL HEIGHT	6-8m
USUAL WIDTH	2-4m
LEAVES	deciduous conifer
COLOUR OF LEAVES	light green
FLOWERS	insignificant or non-blooming
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	4 (down to -34°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Conifers

Diana is one of the most eye-catching trees in our garden that customers fall in love with at the first sight. It is a Japanese larch with slightly contorted branches that reveal their orange bark especially in winter months. The deciduous needles are fresh green and soft to touch. In autumn they change to golden yellow. In the spring it makes small, purple-blue flowers that are followed by small, spherical cones in autumn.

The tree is usually densely branched (feathered) from the ground if grown in full sun. Should the branches, however, get in the way with age you can cut them off making it a single trunk plant with a crown above your head. The branches grow almost horizontally at first and as they grow bigger they aim upwards forming a somewhat irregular pyramidal crown with more spike-tops. It grows moderately about 6-8m tall.

Larch hates wet soil. If it dies for no obvious reason it is often due to water-logged soil. Grow it in any well-drained, preferably deep soil in full sun. Fully hardy to min. -34°C (USDA zone 4).

Last update 17-03-2010

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GLOSSARY

STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.