Kashima? Kiyohime? What did I buy?

[Mike254]

Hello all,

I picked up this japanese maple, and curiously it has two tags that say different things.

The blue tag says Kashima yatsubusa, and the white tag says yatsubusa kiyohime.

Can anyone help ID by the pictures?

 

[RKatzin]

I want to say that's a Kashima. The two are very similar, but I think the Kashima is a little more yellow-green and the Kiyohime a little more green. Both are excellent varieties. I have Kiyohime. Can't imagine why it's got both labels, but I see another post from 2020 asking similar question.

 

[RKatzin]

New item by Rick Katzin

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This is a Kiyohime aka Kiyohime yatsubusa

 

[Mike254]

Thank you! Now to figure out what to do about a trunk line