| Description | A pendulous form of the Ginkgo. Branches grow horizontal than weep. |
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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 | average |
| Leaves | simple, alternate, leathery, found in clusters on spurs, fan shaped, dichotomously veined, incised at the broad fan tip and dark green turning to a brilliant yellow in the fall |
| Dimensions | 8 feet tall, 12 feet wide, weeping pendulous |
| Native Site | Species plant native to eastern China. |
| Cultivar Origin | Rowe Arboretum, Cincinnati, OH |
| 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. |
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