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ICNCP Name: 'Shō-chiku-bai'
Formerly 'Sho chiku bai'
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:
Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):
5 to 9
松竹梅, Shō-chiku-bai, means "Pine, Bamboo and Plum." In Japan this trio is known as the "Three Friends of Winter", and is highly auspicious. The Checklist 1st ed. incorrectly left off the macron from the first 'o'. (ED)
Date of Origin if known:
1903
Origin if known:
Nagajima
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