Golden Larch - Pseudolarix amabilis Japanese Gardens

Golden Larch - Pseudolarix amabilis Japanese GardensPseudolarix amabilis, commonly known as the golden larch, is a truly distinctive and elegant deciduous conifer prized for its soft texture and brilliant seasonal color. Native to eastern China, it forms a graceful, broadly conical tree over time, typically reaching 3050 feet tall in cultivation with a layered, open branching habit that lends it a refined, almost architectural presence. Related to abies and cedrus. Its bright green needles emerge in

We are not sure which is the correct 'Caprice'

Silver Sword' has interesting variegated foliage on a low mounding plant with red flowers

Named after the hot rod paint color of the 1960's

Photo courtesy of David Wilson

This tree is sensitive to poor drainage

The flowers open pink

It is mound forming growing to only 18 inches tall x 24 inches wide in 10 years time

vigorous and evergreen with brightly colored daisy-like flowers that cover the plant from late spring to first frost

then turn pink at summer's end

as this virus doesn't seem to spread to any other type of rhododendron

and the anthers are a reddish-tan

Much slower growing