Acer palmatum 'Shigitatsu sawa'

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palmatum

ICNCP Name: 'Shigi-tatsu-sawa'

Formerly 'Shigitatsu sawa'

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:

Reticulatum Group

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

5 to 9

Shigi-tatsu sawa(Hilliers Manual 2014), 鴫立沢 or Shigi-tatsu-sawa means Snipes Flying up from a Marsh (ED)

Shigitatsu sawa is a member of the Reticulatum Group of Japanese maples. It has coleus-like spring growth, but the venation is white-over-green rather than pink. It will grow to be a stocky, wide tree eventually reaching 12'. (DSN) The meaning is "snipes rising up from the marsh" (鴫立沢), for which reason each word is hyphenated individually. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

1742

Origin if known:

Vertrees/Yano

Information Source:

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