Acer palmatum 'Tama hime'

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Acer

palmatum

ICNCP Name: 'Tama-hime'

Formerly 'Tama hime'

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:

Palmatum Group

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

5 to 9

宝姫, Tama-hime, directly means "Treasured Princess" but can also be read with the rather nicer "Inestimable Princess." (ED)

Tama hime is a small-leafed, compact dwarf maple with lustrous green foliage. The new foliage is a yellow-green, and the fall color is a fine orange-red. It is more flat-growing and slower than Shishiohime, and will make a good bonsai. (DSN)

Date of Origin if known:

1968

Origin if known:

Vertrees/Yano

Information Source:

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