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palmatum
ICNCP Name: 'Shin-hikasa'
Formerly 'Shin hikasa'
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:
Variegatum Group
Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):
5 to 9
新日笠, Shin-hikasa, means "New Hikasa." By itself, hikasa means "a sun hat", it is a single word conceptually and so not hyphenated. There appear to be two version on the market, one extremely variegated like 'Snow Kitten', the other a marginatum like 'Hikasa yama' (ED)
Shin hikasa is a beautiful, variegated dwarf with bright pink, red, and cream spring growth on the second-year wood. New growth is a medium green and can be lightly variegated. It is probably a collector's plant only. Fall color is yellow. (DSN)
Date of Origin if known:
1984
Origin if known:
Yano
Information Source:
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