Acer tataricum ICNCP Name: 'Yama-zakura'

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Acer

tataricum

ICNCP Name: 'Yama-zakura'

Formerly 'Yama zakura'

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:

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

3 to 8

山桜, Yama-zakura, means "Mountain of Cherry Blossoms." Sakura becomes zakura through the standard rendaku consonant voicing change. It is a seed strain, not properly a cultivar, but present in the trade. The tree is named after the eponymous estate in the Catskills, NY, which was built all of Cherry wood from the mountain by Japanese craftsmen, using only traditional techniques. The mountain is indeed wonderful to see during the Cherry blossoming season. 山桜 directly means Prunus jamasakura, the wild cherry of Japan. (ED)

Yama-zakura is a seed strain, no individual has yet been cloned. It is a smallish tataricum, fairly compact, with bright green spring foliage, and samaras that pass through yellow before becoming red. It is drought resistant and stands up well in full sun. Fall color is red and yellow. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

1992

Origin if known:

E. Davis

ED

Information Source:

Seed collected at Yama-zakura in the Catskills.

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