Melinda Myers

European Larch

Botanical Name

Larix decidua

Min Zone

3

Max Zone

6

Height

70 to 75 feet

Width

25 to 30 feet

Flowers

Female flowers are egg-shaped and .25 to .75 inches long, in reds, pinks, yellows or green; male flowers are smaller and yellow

Fruit

Cone: oval with overlapping, straight scales, purple maturing to brown, 1 to 1.5 inches

Fall Color

Gold

Light

Full sun

Soil

Moist, well-drained

Planting & Care

• Best in moist soil, tolerant of temporary flooding and wet conditions
• Intolerant of hot, dry and shady sites
• Tolerant of air pollution and wind

Problems

Larch case-bearer, cakers, rusts, larch sawfly, Japanese beetles, wooly larch aphid

Varieties

• Pendula - weeping form
• Varied Directions - unique, weeping, spreading form
• Fastigiata - columnar form with short ascending branches