Acer palmatum 'O jishi' Lion's Head Japanese Maple orange This coloring gives the appearance

This coloring gives the appearance that ‘Alpine Silver Thread’ is glowing in the garden

another popular reticulated cultivar

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

New growth is bright red and very vivid

Acer palmatum 'O jishi' Lion's Head Japanese Maple orange This coloring gives the appearanceAcer 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