Acer palmatum 'Tsuma gaki'

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palmatum

ICNCP Name: 'Tsuma-gaki'

Formerly 'Tsuma gaki'

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:

Amoenum Group

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

5 to 9

Tsuma-gaki(Hilliers Manual 2014). 爪柿, or Tsuma-gaki, translates to "Persimmon Pink Nails" (as in nail polish color), a dark reddish pink. (ED)

Tsuma gaki has truly outstanding spring foliage with leaves that have yellow-green lobes with purplish-red fingernails. The summer color is a dark green; the fall color is red. Shade is helpful to prolong spring colors. In time Tsuma gaki will form a small tree at 8' in height. (DSN)

Date of Origin if known:

1882

Origin if known:

Sekihin Binran

Vertrees

Information Source:

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