Looks healthy. One hopes it isn't root-bound.

Beng, I sure hope that's not the case. It was purchased and planted August 2013. I don't keep detailed records of my plants, but the receipt indicates it was in a #1 container and would've been 18"-24". It is now about 7', which means it has grown roughly 6' in nine years (8"/year).

Golden Larch is supposedly slow growing in the best of situations, so maybe what I'm experiencing is the best that could be hoped for.

Pseudolarix x kampferi (amabilis) 100406 .. meaning oct 4th 2006

Pseudolarix x kampferi (amabilis) -- Golden Larch 100406

Pseudolarix x kampferi (amabilis) 20081126_1237 ..... 2 years later ... 2008 ... did it double or triple in size in my ground freeze MI?

doesnt seem all that slow to me ... mind you.. no larix is slow in MI .....ken

Did you kill it after 2008? What does it look like now?

Oh, and I'd prune off that weak V crotch down low on the tree, which may have already split off and caused a big dead spot and wound which will rot out and you'll wish you had pruned it when you planted it in 2006. And what about mulching right up next to the trunk??? Get that spread back and leave bare ground a couple inches away already.

What about cones, like @maackia asked about...

if you want to walk out there an look.. feel free ..

and im pretty sure the ugly crotch was pruned out long ago... i didnt want to remove a third of the canopy on a new transplant... until it had the requisite root mass to afford such ...

ken

Ken, is your garden open to tours? I know you had/have an incredible collection, and it would be great to see. How tall do you think that Pseudolarix is some thirteen years later?

Conifer50, the Golden Larch you’ve shown has a rugged look. Is it on an optimum site? It appears to be open grown, but that might not be the case. Did you nitice any cones? Thanks for sharing it.