Acer palmatum 'Skeeters Broom'

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palmatum

ICNCP Name: 'Skeeter's Broom'

Formerly 'Skeeters Broom'

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:

Witches Broom Group

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

5 to 9

Skeeter's Broom (Esveld)

Skeeters Broom is a red witches' broom from Bloodgood, that grows columnar in habit. It is narrower in its growth than Twombly's Red Sentinel. Skeeters Broom will probably grow 12' in height by 6' diameter in 20 years. The spring color is a distinctive pink-red. (DSN)

Date of Origin if known:

Origin if known:

E.Rodd

Vertrees

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