Larix kaempferi

March 24'th Birth Flower

Location: Copilot
Location: Tsukuba Botanical Garden

Flower name
Larix kaempferi
Scientific name
Larix kaempferi
Alias松, 唐松
Place of originThe northern hemisphere
Place of floweringGarden, Seashore, Cemetery & Temple, Park, Bonsai, Ornamental plants
Flowering seasonApril, May
Language of flowers“Eternal Youth and Longevity”

What is Larix kaempferi

Birth flowers for Mar 9, Mar 24

March 24'th Birth Flower is Larix kaempferi
A drop of flowers and poetry, one each day. From Kagiken's Flower Guide, we deliver words that bloom softly in your heart.
Aqua (Waterdrop Poetry),Copilot(Illustration), Editing & Translation: Mizuho @Kagiken

Larix kaempferi , Illustration by Copilot.
Note: The Japanese text in the illustration has the same meaning as Aqua's water droplet poem.
Aqua is a water spirit.

💧Larix kaempferi's Droplet Poem: “Spring Needles”

by Aqua

On a morning when the spring breeze is still cold
At the tips of the larch branches
Tender buds gently peek out

Having endured patiently through the winter,
those branches that did not break
even under the weight of snow
are now quietly basking in the light.

Even if no one notices,
even if no one praises them,
they still sprout.

I want to be like that too—
quietly, upright,
standing firm, trusting in the seasons.

Larix kaempferi or karamatsu

Larix kaempferi, karamatsu, or the Japanese larch (scientific name: Larix kaempferi) is a deciduous needle-leaved tree of the family Pinaceae. It grows naturally in the mountains of the central Honshu region. The tree is 20-30 m tall with a trunk diameter of 1 m. The crown is broadly conical with horizontal main and side branches, and the bark is dark brown. The bark is dark brown. The leaves are needle-like, light green, 2-5 cm long, yellowish in autumn, and deciduous. It is dioecious. The male flowers are yellow and downward-facing, and the female flowers are light red and upward-facing. 2- to 3.5-cm-long cones are borne in September and October. It is used for parks, bonsai, and conifers, and its wood is used for wooden roads, tunnels, utility poles, and plywood.

Common name: Larix kaempferi,
scientific name: Pinus, Larix kaempferi,
aka: karamatsu, or the Japanese larch,
height: 20-30 m, trunk diameter: 1 m, bark color: dark brown,
dioecious, male inflorescence: ball-shaped, inflorescence diameter: 5 Inflorescence form: ball-shaped inflorescence, male inflorescence diameter: 5 cm, male flowers: yellow and downward facing, female flowers: light red and upward facing, wind-pollinated, flowering season: May,
fruiting season: September to October, fruit type: spherical, fruit length: 2 to 3.5 cm,
uses: park trees, bonsai, conifers, wooden roads, mines, utility poles, plywood.

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