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Acer
palmatum
ICNCP Name: 'Yama-nishiki'
Formerly 'Yama 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.
Japanese Maple Classification:
Marginatum Group
Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):
5 to 9
山錦, Yama-nishiki, means "Mountain Brocade." Introduced in the US as Snow Peak. (ED)
Yama nishiki has outstanding white, pink, and red variegation on the second-year wood. New growth is a bright green. The foliage is like Hikasa yama but much brighter and the plant is more vigorous. Fall color is red. (Changeable Mountain) (DSN)
Date of Origin if known:
around 2000
Origin if known:
Alan Tabler
Information Source:
Introduced from Japan by Fred Hooks
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