Acer palmatum 'Koto-no-ito'

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palmatum

ICNCP Name: 'Koto-no-ito'

Formerly 'Koto-no-ito'

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:

Linearilobum Group

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

5 to 9

Koto no ito (Esveld/DSN), 琴ノ糸 as Nakajima has it (using the Katakana character, no doubt as it was published that way), Koto-no-ito, means "Koto Strings." This poetically describes the thin leaves of the cultivar. (ED)

Koto-no-ito is green, dwarf linearlobum upright with very thread-like leaves. Its fall color is an excellent orange. Koto no ito is one of the larger growing dwarfs, reaching up to 12' in height. (Harp strings) (DSN)

Date of Origin if known:

1923

Origin if known:

Vertrees/Yano

Information Source:

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