Acer palmatum 'O jishi' Lion's Head Japanese Maple orange Summer color: Green

Summer color: Green

Another unique characteristic of ‘Oridino nishiki’ is that the bark often has long stripes of reds and oranges

This selection from Hefner's Nursery in Conover

The defining characteristic of 'Mikawa yatsubusa' is the short inter nodal lengths and closely growing buds that create a stacked shingle like appearance of the leaves

Acer palmatum 'O jishi' Lion's Head Japanese Maple orange Summer color: GreenAcer palmatum O jishi is one of the famous lions head maples. 'O jishi' is the male lion and 'Meijishi' is the female lion. Shishigashira means lions head, and while this term can be used to describe either cultivar it is generally used to describe 'Meijishi'. The leaves of 'Ojishi' are heavily crinkled but lighter in color and not quite as tightly crinkled as 'Meijishi'. 'O jishi' is also a much slower growing smaller tree. In full sun new growth has