| Description | A strongly columnar Ginkgo with brilliant fall coloration. |
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| Pronunciation | (GINGK-go)(bi-LO-baa) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | prefers sandy, moderately moist soils, very adaptable to most sites |
| Flowers | Trees are dioecious (male and female trees). The fruit is produced on female trees and it is messy and malodorous. Starts producing seeds at about 20 years. The seeds are popular in some oriental cuisine and used as a medicine. Trees can be bought sexed and the male is preferred to avoid the stinky mess. Ginkgo’s are true gymnosperms. |
| Fruit | The fruit is produced on female trees and it is messy and malodorous. Starts producing seeds at about 20 years. The seeds are popular in some oriental cuisine and used as a medicine. |
| Leaves | simple, alternate, leathery, found in clusters on spurs, fan shaped, dichotomously veined, incised at the broad fan tip, green turning to a brilliant yellow in the fall |
| Dimensions | slow growing |
| Native Site | Species plant native to eastern china |
| Cultivar Origin | First cultivates in 1988 |
| Misc Facts | The Ginkgo is the lone remaining species in an ancient group of plants, thriving during the time of the dinosaurs. If mother nature had her way the Ginkgo would be just about extinct. They where planted in Kaifeng, the capitol city of the Sung dynasty and under cultivation Ginkgo avoided the natural process of evolution. A few wild plants existed as late as 1933 in China. |
| Notes & Reference | 01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #75-Encyclopedia of Nuts, Berries and Seeds (John Heinerman), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson) |
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