| I had a Japanese Larch (I don't know the difference) and it was a lovely little tree (if I had the room, it would be on my "must have list") NO, the "needles" weren't a mess, they fell and vanished into the soil quickly. They are not hard and waxy like pines, so they must break down quickly. I loved it in the spring as it looked like it was covered with bright green pom-poms. Oh yeah and it produced cones after a year in the ground (I had two set cbout 12 feet apart (with a bench between) The "needles" turned bright yellow in the fall. It was a little spindly and sparse for my liking, but my wife loved it. ~Chills | 
