Bonsai is the ancient japanese art form of growing ornamental miniature or artificially dwarfed trees in containers using cultivation techniques designed to mimic the shape and scale of full sized trees. This unique cultivar always attracts attention.
Shishigashira
Look online you will not see another tree this mature for the price.
Bonsai shishigashira. I ve got a picture here that shows what it was like when i bought it it was very 2 dimensional and if you looked at it from above everything was on a single plane the lowest branch died in its first winter with me. Shishigashira exhibited in the 1st us national bonsai exhibition this maple won the deciduous best in show award at the bonsai society of portland s yearly exhibit in 2008 was in the first us national bonsai exhibition in 2008 and was displayed at the pacific bonsai museum in august 2013. The name shishigashira means lion s head or lion s mane.
Foliage becomes purple red with orange red patterns in fall is most intense in full sun and is less likely to sunburn than other varieties. Popular for bonsai as a container specimen and in small gardens. Shishigashira is a very desirable acer palmatum for small gardens container culture and bonsai.
Shishigashira name means lions head referring to the shape of the leaf bunches. The leafstalks are short and stiff. Shishigashira or lions head maple is an outdoor deciduous maple that has tight foliage which is particularly attractive and the small leaves make it very suitable for bonsai.
Shaping is normally done by pruning alone. Hi folks i have a shishigashira maple that i bought last year. It was acquired from a local private collector on 09 23 20.
It has been in cultivation and published in japanese literature books since the 1880 s. Shishigashira is a slow growing upright palmatum that has thick bunched up curled green leaves that give it a unique appearance. Heavily curled green leaves give an interesting texture to this compact shrubby tree.
It is composed of an arrangement of compacted semi glossy heavily curled dark green leaves. Acer palmatum shishigashira. Shishigashira is unlike any other japanese maple in the world.
Shishigashira is also unique in that it can grow up to 15 feet tall yet it is one of the best bonsai trees in the world. Leaf colour can be impressive with oranges turning to reds in the autumn. Highly sculptural form improves with age.
This slow growing maple has somewhat glossy leaves that are curled and or kinked up. The deep green color will last until fall and when other maple trees begin to drop their leaves the shishigashira leaves will burst into glamorous colors. The shishigashira is unlike any other japanese maple.
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