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GINKGO biloba 'Menhir'
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:: Ginkgoaceae :: GINKGO :: biloba :: 'Menhir'

Type of products available: X/1/0P1L
Protection : COV 36906

Main asset

Ginkgo biloba is the only species still alive today of the genus Ginkgo, widespread in the Permian era (-270 million years). It was saved from extinction thanks to its protection around Buddhist temples in East China.
Very strong species (having survived to the atomic bomb in Hiroshima !), well suited for urban planting, resistant to pollution, diseases and pests. Naturally columnar shape, very graphic. Beautiful gold autumn foliage.

Remarks

Male clone (no smelly fruit!). Photos Van Vliet New Plants

The Ginkgo biloba 'Menhir' is a vigorous columnar form from its early age. The leaves are more cutted than the type, blue-green coloured in spring and summer, then golden yellow in autumn.

Uses: alignments, isolated specimens

Global caracteristics:

Type of foliage: deciduous
Habit: columnar
Height: 15 m x 1.50 m (50 ft x 5 ft)
Growth: fast

Shape and colours:

Foliage shape: cutted fan leaves
Foliage colour: blue green
Foliage colour in autumn: gold yellow

Plantation:

Soil type: all
Exposure: sun
Hardiness: - 30 °C (-22 °F - USDA zone 4b)