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Quantity | Price | Vendor | Location | Notes | Date Identified |
2 | 159.00 | Natorp Nursery Outlet | Mason Ohio Lat: 39.31564068 Long: -84.33466403 | 2014-05-17 |
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Ginkgo biloba
Origin: Eastern China
Maximum Height: 80 feet
Family: Ginkgoaceae
Genus: Ginkgo
species: biloba
Origin: Eastern China
Size: 50 (min) to 80 (max)
Size Description: Large Tree
Notes:
PlantPlaces.com Plant of the Week: November 4, 2012
Ginkgo biloba – Ginkgo or Maidenhair Tree
The Ginkgo is one of the most beautiful trees in the landscape, especially in the fall season. Every fall around Halloween you can always count on seeing the bright, clear, yellow fall color of the Ginkgo. No other tree has leaves with such clean, clear, yellow fall color. The leaves are so unique that once you learn Ginkgo you never forget it. The most interesting thing about Ginkgo that makes you love and respect it is its history.
The mystery of how Ginkgo has survived for 270 million years is something I’ll never understand. Ginkgo has stood the test of time. A relic that was around during the dinosaur era and somehow survived through whatever nature could throw at it. Ice Age, Atomic Bombs, New York City. Ginkgo is the toughest tree known to man.
Ginkgo is a large deciduous tree. It is dioecious, meaning there are male trees and female trees. The female trees produce the fruits that can be rather obnoxious. The fruit is actually a nut surrounded by a fleshy coating. When the fruit falls to the ground the fleshy coating emits a foul odor that smells like dog vomit. People that step on it will carry it with them as they go. The nuts are actually a delicacy in Asia. It is also one of the most popular medicinal plants on the market. Supposedly it helps with memory loss.
Ginkgo makes a great tree for the landscape. Typically we choose male clones to plant in our yards. ‘Autumn Gold’ is the most popular male clone on the market. There are many dwarf clones as well. There is a ‘Spring Grove’ Ginkgo and a clone called ‘Jade Butterflies' that are both dwarf clones.
Locally there are some magnificent specimens in Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati. Spring Grove Cemetery has several of the largest specimens in the area. There is another large specimen at the Behringer-Crawford museum in Devou Park in Covington. Another one of the largest trees stands in front of RC Hinsdale grade school in Edgewood Kentucky. The largest planting of Ginkgo is at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital complex in Avondale. Over 100 Ginkgos were planted around the buildings. Let’s hope they are all male!
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Deep Shade Tolerance: | Lower Than Average Performance |
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Venerable Trees
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati
Age: Very Old
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein
Season: Winter
Fruit on female trees
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein
Season: Summer
Foliage
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein
Season: Summer
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Two Old Giants
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein
Season: Winter
Ginkgo biloba from distance
Location: Schott Education Center Parking Lot
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: Fall 2006
Leaves of Ginkgo biloba
Location: Schott Education Center Parking Lot
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: Fall 2006
Spur on twigs of Ginkgo biloba
Location: Schott Education Center Parking Lot
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: Fall 2006
Trunk of Ginkgo biloba
Location: Schott Education Center Parking Lot
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: Fall 2006
Specimen: 435
Mature tree in fall color
Location: Hinsdale Elementary, Edgewood, KY
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz
Season: Oct 24
Specimen: 482
Trunk of very old tree
Location: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz
Very old tree
Location: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz
Specimen: 505
Specimen: 623
![Ginkgo biloba gingkobilobatrunksspringgrove(Small).jpg](../../photos/gingkobilobatrunksspringgrove(Small).jpg)
Venerable trees
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery
Age: Very old
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerline
Season: Winter
Specimen: 631
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Trees planted along RR tracks by P&G
Location: Spring Grove Ave., Ivorydale
Age: Young
Photo Credit: Patrick Kelsch
Ginkgo biloba on the north side of Kew
Location: Royal Botanical Gardens Kew
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: September 2011
Another Ginkgo at Kew.
Location: Royal Botanical Gardens Kew
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: May 2011
Large Ginkgo biloba at the Library of Congress, Jefferson Building
Location: Library of Congress, Jefferson building.
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: Spring 2012
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage020131118_161515.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage020131118_161515.jpg)
Location: portland
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20141013_193924.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20141013_193924.jpg)
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20141122_190314.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20141122_190314.jpg)
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20151231_135354.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20151231_135354.jpg)
Evita Cemetery
Location: South America: Chile, Peru, Ecuador Santiago, Chile
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20151231_135406.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20151231_135406.jpg)
Evita Cemetery
Location: South America: Chile, Peru, Ecuador Santiago, Chile
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20160605_153436.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20160605_153436.jpg)
Location: Kew Gardens Richmond
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20160605_153456.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20160605_153456.jpg)
Location: Kew Gardens Richmond
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20161009_151739.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20161009_151739.jpg)
Coventry transport museum
Location: Coventry, UK
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20161009_151822.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20161009_151822.jpg)
Coventry transport museum
Location: Coventry, UK
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20161016_110048.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20161016_110048.jpg)
October 2016
Location: Bailiwick of Jersey (UK), Botanic Gardens
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20161120_122723.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20161120_122723.jpg)
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20161120_143721.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20161120_143721.jpg)
Jardin Botanique Geneva, November 2016
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20161214_124322.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20161214_124322.jpg)
Location: Christchurch Botanic Gardens Rolleston Ave
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20161214_124403.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20161214_124403.jpg)
Location: Christchurch Botanic Gardens Rolleston Ave
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20161226_132751.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20161226_132751.jpg)
December 2016
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Birdwood Avenue
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20161226_202041.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20161226_202041.jpg)
December 2016
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Birdwood Avenue
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20161230_181738.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20161230_181738.jpg)
Location: sydney
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170108_122306.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170108_122306.jpg)
January 2017
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170225_133128.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170225_133128.jpg)
February 2017
Location: Dusseldorf, Germany
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170624_125621.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170624_125621.jpg)
battery Park June 2017
Location: World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170625_113553.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170625_113553.jpg)
Trump Tower, Central Park, June 2017
Location: World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170625_113605.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170625_113605.jpg)
Trump Tower, Central Park, June 2017
Location: World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170625_114255.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170625_114255.jpg)
Central Park, June 2017
Location: World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170625_114323.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170625_114323.jpg)
Central Park, June 2017
Location: World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170626_135715.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170626_135715.jpg)
MoMa (Museum of Modern Art), June 2017
Location: World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170626_135750.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170626_135750.jpg)
MoMa (Museum of Modern Art), June 2017
Location: World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170626_135755.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170626_135755.jpg)
MoMa (Museum of Modern Art), June 2017
Location: World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170710_181445.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170710_181445.jpg)
State Capitol building
Location: Harrisburg, PA
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170710_181535.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170710_181535.jpg)
State Capitol building
Location: Harrisburg, PA
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170710_181629.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170710_181629.jpg)
State Capitol building
Location: Harrisburg, PA
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170710_181712.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170710_181712.jpg)
State Capitol building
Location: Harrisburg, PA
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170710_184922.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170710_184922.jpg)
State Capitol building
Location: Harrisburg, PA
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170722_123737.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170722_123737.jpg)
July 2017
Location: chicago
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170722_123806.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170722_123806.jpg)
July 2017
Location: chicago
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170723_135140.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170723_135140.jpg)
Rush University medical center, July 2017
Location: chicago
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170723_135212.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170723_135212.jpg)
Rush University medical center, July 2017
Location: chicago
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170812_194848.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170812_194848.jpg)
August 2017
Location: Vienna, Austria
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170812_200424.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170812_200424.jpg)
Stadtpark, August 2017
Location: Vienna, Austria
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170906_132524.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170906_132524.jpg)
Public Square September 2017
Location: Cleveland Botanical Garden 11030 East Blvd
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20170906_132556.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20170906_132556.jpg)
Public Square September 2017
Location: Cleveland Botanical Garden 11030 East Blvd
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20171121_151752.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20171121_151752.jpg)
national theater November 2017
Location: Beijing
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20171125_100546.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20171125_100546.jpg)
Temple of Heaven, November 2017
Location: Beijing
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20171125_100608.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20171125_100608.jpg)
Temple of Heaven, November 2017
Location: Beijing
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20171125_100627.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20171125_100627.jpg)
Temple of Heaven, November 2017
Location: Beijing
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20171126_100908.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20171126_100908.jpg)
Fragrant Hills, November 2017
Location: Beijing
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20171126_100923.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20171126_100923.jpg)
Fragrant Hills, November 2017
Location: Beijing
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20171126_125535.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20171126_125535.jpg)
Beijing Botanical Garden, Fragrant Garden, November 2017
Location: Beijing
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20171126_132325.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20171126_132325.jpg)
Beijing Botanical Garden, Fragrant Garden, November 2017
Location: Beijing
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20181014_090554.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20181014_090554.jpg)
Central Park October 2018
Location: Manhattan
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20181014_095101.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20181014_095101.jpg)
Central Park October 2018
Location: Manhattan
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20181207_121342.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20181207_121342.jpg)
December 2018
Location: Sankaeien Gardens, Yokohama, Japan
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20181208_101543.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20181208_101543.jpg)
December 2018
Location: Shimizu, Japan
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20200809_124536.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20200809_124536.jpg)
August 2020
Location: Pioneer Park, Montgomery
![Ginkgo biloba plantplacesimage20200809_125138.jpg](../../photos/plantplacesimage20200809_125138.jpg)
August 2020
Location: Pioneer Park, Montgomery