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Tree · Ginkgoaceae Draft — unreviewed

Autumn Gold ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba‘Autumn Gold’ L.

Also called maidenhair tree.

Male ginkgo selection with fan-shaped leaves that turn butter-yellow and drop almost all at once in fall. Exceptionally tolerant of urban stress.

Size over time

Typical landscape size 12–15 m (39–49 ft) tall and 8–10 m (26–33 ft) wide; slow growth, about 35 years to maturity. Intermediate sizes use the planner’s growth curve (k = 0.12) from the BB-2in install size.

051015mPlanting3.4 × 1.5 mYear 36.5 × 3.8 mYear 1010.5 × 6.7 mMature13.5 × 9.0 m

Design notes

  • Male clone — avoids the foul-smelling fruit of female trees.
  • Slow and gangly when young; fills out after 10–15 years.

Regions

Native range: China (cultivated origin).

Not recorded as native to any of the three pilot regions.

Native status describes where the species occurs naturally. It is not a promise that it suits a particular garden; site conditions decide that.

Related plants

Japanese maple
Acer palmatum · Tree · 4–8 m (13–26 ft)
Red maple
Acer rubrum · Tree · 12–18 m (39–59 ft)
Sugar maple
Acer saccharum · Tree · 15–22 m (49–72 ft)
Downy serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea · Tree · 5–8 m (16–26 ft)
River birch
Betula nigra · Tree · 12–18 m (39–59 ft)
American hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana · Tree · 6–9 m (20–30 ft)

Plan with Autumn Gold ginkgo

Place it in a design, check it against your zone, light and moisture, and see it at year three and year ten.

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