Description
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Latin: Larix laricina
Zones: 2-5
Other common names: Tamarack, eastern larch, hackmatack
Mature Height/spread: 40-80 ft. high/ 15-30 ft. spread in ideal conditions.
Soil / Climate: Grows in most soils including clay and limestone. Does best in moist, but well drained soils. Shade tolerant. Tamaracks are very cold tolerant.
Notes: Larch is a deciduous evergreen. Fast grower. The wood is used principally for pulpwood, but also for posts, poles, rough lumber, and firewood. It is also grown as an ornamental tree in gardens in cold regions, and is a favorite tree for bonsai. Needles turn yellow before dropping.
Wildlife: Grouse will eat the buds, seeds, and Larch is also used as cover for larger mammals such as deer.
Cold Stream Farm supplies American Larch trees/shrubs which are grown as bare root seedlings and transplants and sold both wholesale and retail with no minimum order.
Additional information on Larix laricina can be found on the link: USDA / NRCS Plants Database.
Evan F. –
These trees are a great choice for northern climates where the land drains poorly and soil is wet and heavy. I have a field behind my house that is flat, and comprised of heavy marine clay. Some of the larch trees that were planted have been putting on 16″ of growth per year after being established! Overall, my experience with these trees are generally favorable, but mixed. Some have died, others have survived well and thrived, but without the phenomenal growth rate. I’m sure, however, that these will definitely pick up in the future.
kathleen –
It’s taken me several years to finally get 7 well established n healthy larch trees going. Love them. The lower end of my property is fed by a little run off brook n the ground shows water when I dig in about 8 inches. Larch like wet soil but not swampy. I’m trying to establish a row of these beautiful trees to border my property and so I can watch them turn from fluffy green to that lovely yellow in Fall.
Rick –
I purchased 10 tamarack from Bareroot two springs ago. They were out of a couple of my first choices (as I ordered way too late), so I thought I would try these. My soil is river-bottom, it’s acidic, clay-loam and wet, wet, wet. I really didn’t think after the first year that they would make it, but wow, this 2nd summer they grew at least 3 feet taller! I currently have them caged but I’m thinking I might let them spread out. I was concerned about deer damage, but a neighbor planted about 300 (from the Widnr) and they mostly seem untouched by deer and also doing well in our soil conditions. I plan on buying more as I see the potential they have for screening as well as how cool they look in the fall with their bright yellow needles.