Siberian Larch vs Blue Beech - TreeTime.ca

Siberian Larch vs Blue Beech

Carpinus caroliniana

Larix sibirica

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Blue Beech
Siberian Larch

Blue Beech is a beautiful, ornamental tree with enticing features. The foliage transforms throughout the season, offering a kaleidoscope of color. New leaves emerge reddish-purple, transforming to dark green, and then turn striking shades of yellow, orange, and red in fall. Once all the foliage has dropped, grooved, blue-grey bark becomes striking on a winter landscape.

Blue Beech has an attractive globular shape and has been successfully grown in both full shade and full sun locations. Make sure you provide ample moisture to ensure this tree thrives.

Siberian Larch is a large, cold hardy conifer. Like the Tamarack, its needles turn golden yellow and drop in the fall, and it is able to handle saturated soils.

If you are looking for a long-lived tree for your large property or shelterbelt with quite wet soil, this is the tree for you.

This variety is often used on the south side of a shelterbelt to let sunlight in during the winter and to provide protection or shading during the summer.

Blue Beech Quick Facts

Siberian Larch Quick Facts

Zone: 3b
Zone: 1b
Height: 6 m (20 ft)
Height: 20 m (66 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 8 m (25 ft)
Light: any
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: slow
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: none


Foliage: Soft needles
Fall colour: yellow needles, loses needles
Nuts: Small nuts with earthy, sweet taste
Cones: small cones (up to 5 cm long)
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: yes
Catkins: no


Native to: ON, QC
Other Names: altaian larch, russian larch