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ICNCP Name: 'Okukuji-nishiki'
Formerly 'Okukuji nishiki'
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:
Marginatum Group
Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):
5 to 9
Oku kuji nishiki (DSN) 奥久慈錦, Okukuji-nishiki, means "Okukuji Brocade." Okukuju is a well known region in Ibaraki, on the upper reaches of the Kuji River. It is a region renowned for its abundant springs and waterfalls. (ED)
Okukuji nishiki is the dwarf version of Butterfly. It has the scalloped-shaped variegation, and the branching of Butterfly, but it will only reach around 6'. (DSN, as Oku kuji mishiki)
Date of Origin if known:
1974
Origin if known:
Vertrees/Yano
Information Source:
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