Kerria japonica 'Alba' David Geiger slender arching flower clusters that

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

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

purple-pink buds in mid to late spring

open in abundance along the branches and create a soft

Ernest Henry Wilson gathered seed of Acer griseum in central China in 1901 for the Veitch nursery

Kerria japonica 'Alba' David Geiger slender arching flower clusters thatKerria 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