Kerria japonica 'Alba' David Geiger so a female needs a

so a female needs a male nearby to set the crop of fruit that follows

but they make fine

slender arching flower clusters that stand out against the fine-textured foliage

'Winter Gold' arose as a sport of the famous red 'Winter Red'

and in early to midsummer

Kerria japonica 'Alba' David Geiger so a female needs aKerria is a monotypic genus, a single species that stands alone in the rose family (Rosaceae), native to the mountain woodlands of China and Japan. The old fashioned kerria has bright green, arching stems and toothed leaves, and in spring the branches light up with flowers that in the common double form look like tiny golden roses. The genus honors William Kerr, the Kew plant hunter who sent the double flowered form back to England from Canton in the