Acer palmatum 'Shikage ori nishiki'

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ICNCP Name: 'Shikage-ori-nishiki'

Formerly 'Shikage ori 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:

Atropurpureum Group

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

5 to 9

鹿毛織錦, Shikage-ori-nishiki, is a name with a complicated background. It means "Brocade Woven from Deer-hair." 鹿=shika, deer, and 毛=ke (ge with rendaku) meaning hair.織, ori means weaving, and as usual, nishiki means Brocade. In the Koidzumi lists, this name appears as 'Kageori nishiki'. "Ka" is a valid on'yomi reading of the ku'yomi Shika, so that ka + ke (hair) leaves "Kage" after the rendaku. This aligns Western sources, which rely on Chikinsho (1719) with Koidzumi's 1711 interpretation. (ED)

Shikage ori nishiki is an old Japanese variety, seldom grown. The new foliage is purple red soon fading to a dull green. It will grow as a wide tree to about 14 feet. Fall colors are yellow and orange. (DSN)

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