Ginkgo biloba

The Ginkgo, often known as the maidenhair tree, is a unique and ancient tree species with a history that dates back over 290 million years. While it is native to China today, Ginkgo was once native to most of the northern hemisphere where it is abundant in the fossil record. As one of the oldest living tree species on Earth, Ginkgo doesn’t have any close relatives and is a so-called “living fossil”. It is unique among trees being a deciduous, broadleaf, fruiting, nut-producing gymnosperm.

Ginkgo has long cultural history in China where it has been cultivated for thousands of years for its edible nuts. Trees are either male or female and are long-lived, with many living trees dated to be over a thousand years of age and the oldest tree estimated to be nearly 3,500 years old. Trees often reach eighty feet in height and have a distinct pyramidal shape and stunning golden fall foliage. Ginkgo prefers full or part sun, regular moisture, and good drainage.

Cold hardy to USDA zone 4a or to -30 degrees Fahrenheit.

Our plants are unsexed seedlings and are either male or female.