PlantFiles: Weeping Japanese Larch
Larix kaempferi 'Pendula'

I love this tree. have trained it into a large arch over a pathway. about every other year I need to add somekind of extension to train it on. It has grown to about 25 feet long in 8 or 9 years.

This plant is improperly labled and sold in the United States under the name: Larix decidua 'Pendula'. Must be staked to achieve height or will be a rambling groundcover form.

Propagation:

All Larix species are compatible with each other for grafting and to produce a clone of a plant/named cultivar, it must be grafted in all cases.

The Weeping Japanese Larch is a great accent plant.

The new spring foliage on this tree is a bright green and is very soft to the touch. As the foliage matures it turns a bluish-green color and this tree also turns a beautiful gold/yellow in the fall before the needles drop.

The height of this tree depends on training. If the leader is not tied to a support when the plant is young the plant will trail on the ground and not gain any height (this plant cannot be used as a ground cover).

This is a tree that should be used more often in the landscape.

This tree is often incorrectly labeled as Larix decidua 'Pendula' (which is quite rare in cultivation). Almost all weeping larches offered for sale are the Weeping Japanese Larch.