| Description | Jade Butterfly Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba Jade Butterfly) is a hardy, slow-growing, medium-sized tree with dichotomously veined, incised, fan-shaped leaves. |
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| Pronunciation | (GINGK-go)(bi-LO-baa) |
| Plant Type | Trees Coniferous, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | average |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | dioecious (male and female trees), can be bought sexed and the male is preferred to avoid the stinky mess. |
| Fruit | Fruit is produced on female trees and it is messy and malodorous. Starts producing seeds at about 20 years. The seeds are popular in some oriental cuisine and used as a medicine. |
| Leaves | Simple, alternate, leathery, found in clusters on spurs, fan-shaped, dichotomously veined, incised at the broad fan tip and dark green during the year, brilliant yellow in the fall |
| Dimensions | estimated 10-12 feet tall in 10 years, vase shaped to pyramidal, slow growing |
| Cultivar Origin | Duncan and Davies, New Zealand |
| Misc Facts | Ginkgo’s are true gymnosperms. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), |
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