species
Ginkgo biloba
Maidenhair tree
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Ginkgo biloba belongs to the family Ginkgoaceae, also known as Maidenhair tree, introduced to the UK. It reaches 20 m tall and 8 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam, sand or clay soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in well drained conditions, and suits average positions. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 20 m tall × 8 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Sand, Clay
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Introduced
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