Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba
EmergentClimax
Production
A living fossil: a near-indestructible, deep-rooted climax tree with edible nuts and famous autumn colour. Slow to start but almost immortal once away - and females drop messy, toxic-pulped fruit.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Emergent
- Lifecycle
- Climax
- Soil preference
- Loam
- Soil pH range
- 5 – 8
- Min. temperature
- -30°C
- Min. rainfall
- 600 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- High
- Frost tolerance
- High
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Irrigation needed
- Low
How to manage it
Deep-rooting climax tree that drops all its leaves in one golden flush; plant into pre-conditioned, biologically active soil to speed early growth.
Watch out for
English name corrected from 'Ginko' to Ginkgo. Dioecious - female trees bear a foul-smelling, skin-irritant fruit pulp around the edible seed; plant males or be ready to manage drop and handle seeds with gloves. Very slow to establish.
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