Acer palmatum 'Ueno homare'

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palmatum

ICNCP Name: 'Ueno-homare'

Formerly 'Ueno homare'

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:

Aureum Group

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

5 to 9

上野誉, Ueno-homare, means "Ueno Honor." At the Battle of Ueno, in what is now Ueno Park in Tōkyō, the Shōgitai -- Samurai elite of the Tokugawa Shōgunate military -- were vastly outnumbered as they tried to protect Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu, facing 10,000 Imperial warriors, with vastly superior weapons, with 1,500 Samurai. A monument in Ueno Park, built by the victorious Imperial regime, honors their unyielding loyalty and courage.

Ueno homare is a member of the Aureum Group with bright orange spring growth fading to a mid-green. Because it leafs out after Katsura, it avoids some of the problematic spring frosts. Ueno yama is considered a synonym. Fall's color is a good orange and red. (DSN)

Date of Origin if known:

1975

Origin if known:

Vertrees/Yano

Information Source:

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