Acer palmatum 'Ki hachi gire'

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Acer

palmatum

ICNCP Name: 'Ki-hachi-gire'

Formerly 'Ki hachi gire'

The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) establishes the rules and regulations for proper naming of plants. When different, the cultivar database displays the correct(ed) ICNCP name, rather than its previous cultivar name.

Japanese Maple Classification:

Dissectum Group

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

5 to 9

黄八切れ, Ki-hache-giri, means "Many Cuts of Yellow", a rather unusual name to give this laceleaf maple, considering it is never described as yellow. Perhaps the author was thinking about sunlight shining through the dissected cuts. (ED)

This very pretty Dissectum Group is 9-lobed, with Spring-yellow leaves very orbicular and indented to the petiole. A seedling of Ki-hachijō. Autumn color has been described as yellow, or by Yano as red and orange. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

1992

Origin if known:

Yano

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