
Ginkgo
- Botanical Name
- Ginkgo biloba
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 8(9)
- Height
- 50 to 80 feet - great variability
- Width
- 30 to 40 feet - great variability
- Flowers
- Spring: dioecious, catkins
- Fruit
- Female plants: smelly, naked seed with fleshy covering, plum-shaped, 1-1.5"
- Fall Color
- Yellow
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions
- Planting & Care
- Transplants and establishes easily
- Urban tolerant - moderately salt tolerant
- Select male cultivars to avoid fruit
- Problems
- Pest free, fruit stinks - select male clones to avoid fruit
- Varieties
- Autumn Gold - male, conical form, golden yellow fall color
- Princeton Sentry - male, narrow, upright
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