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ICNCP Name: 'Taimin-nishiki'

Formerly 'Taimin 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.

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Japanese Maple Classification: 
Variegatum Group

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

5 to 9
Taimen nishiki (MrMaple), 大明錦, Taimin-nishiki, means "Brocade of Great Brightness." (ED)
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Taimin nishiki is another excellent variety of variegated red palmatum. The base color is pink, red in spring fading to brown, red in the heat of the summer. Variegation is pink, fading to cream. Care must taken when cutting scionwood to select branches with variegation. Autumn foliage is a nice garnet red. (DSN)

Date of Origin if known:

1782
Origin if known:
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Vertrees/Yano

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