Thanks Dave. How do you like yours? Do you have any pictures of it?

I don't and my camera has issues. I will get you a photo soon. Are you having issues with your 'Landis'

No need for a picture Dave. Just curious is all. Thanks and take care.

they do not thrive in my z5 ... maybe the occasional S .. if there is some extremely specifc micro climate ...

but then.. every few years.. a winter from heck rolls around ...

i know it possible.. its just not long term probable ...

it me nice if you figured out how to include your zone and location in your GW name ...

ken

Hey Scott,

Here's some information about this plant from the ACS website:

This cultivar has a complex history and illustrates why taxonomists can be difficult to be around.

According to the Royal Horticultural Encyclopedia of Conifers, Goldilocks is synonymous with P. parviflora ‘Dr. Landis Gold’ and the misspelled ‘Goldilocks’ but the correct name should be Pinus parviflora ‘Tenysu-kazu.’

Originating in Japan, it was brought to Canada by a collector, Dr. Henry Landis, around 1980 and upon his death some of his plants were purchased by John and David Verkade who recall this specimen being labeled ‘Tensu Kasu.’ With Joel Springarn they propagated the plant in the 1980s but renamed it ‘Dr. Landis Gold.’ Sometime before 1999 Billy Schwartz, a colleague of Bob Fincham, brought back from Japan a cultivar with many of the same characteristics which Schwartz called ‘Goldilocks’ (sic). Fincham has propagated Schwartz’ specimen and believes it to be the same as ‘Tenysu-kazu.’ The marketing appeal of the name Goldylocks seems to be winning out as this is what it is called by most growers today — the name ‘Tenysu-kazu’ being reserved for taxonomic purists and botanical gardens.

From Coenosium Gardens’ Catalog of Rare Plants For the Discriminating Person, Number Seventeen; January 2006 (Robert L. Fincham) A dwarf, mounding selection with very pronounced creamy yellow variegation on the outer ends of all its needles; the color is enhanced by the full sun. It can produce shoots that grow up to about 6″ per year.
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As a sidenote, an ACS member has written, “Of many P.parviflora cultivars flourishing in zone 4a, Minnesota, indicating that at the very minimum, some cultivars exhibit more hardiness than expected.”

A bit of additional information can be found at this previous GW thread. Perhaps you've seen these already, if so I hope you'll forgive me for repeating.

Dr Landis thread KGeuss circa 2009

So, basically this is the same as the Goldilocks? I have a Goldilocks already.

One particular online nursery located in CT is offering all three of these (Dr. Landis, Goldilocks, and Tenysu-Kazu). Presuming that they are indeed all the same clone (the evidence sounds pretty strong), I find it amusing to speculate whether this nursery propagates a single plant which is then marketed under three different names (intentionally), or if they genuinely have "all three" and independently propagate each in ignorance that they are one and the same.

We do grow these three selections (or three
cultivars with similar names) at our nursery in CT and do find them to be close
to one another. We note their apparent similarity in our catalog
descriptions. That said, in the garden there are notable differences
between the clones/stock plants that we propagate from and as a result have
been compelled to offer them as such and maintain them as distinct cultivars. The idea that one would/could propagate
from a single plant and market it under three different names (intentionally)
is most certainly amusing but something that we would never consider. In our
experience the clone we obtained and offer as 'Tansu Kazu' (which may/may not be the same as
'Tensu kasu', 'Tenysu-Kazu' etc.) is the closest to 'Goldilocks'. That said,
our 'Tansu Kazu' almost always seems to have more gold coloration than forms of
'Goldilocks' which seem to blend more blue/green with gold.... Plants are
reasonably strong growing but seem to develop a tighter framework. The
color of 'Dr Landis' (which may/may not be the same as 'Dr Landis Gold' is
close to that of our 'Tansu Kazu' but the habit is quite a bit different.
Plants are more compact, growing about half the rate of 'Goldilocks' and 'Tansu Kazu'.