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Autumn Gold Ginkgo

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Botanical Name: Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold'
Common Name: Autumn Gold Ginkgo

Updated 4/2012

Height: 45' Spread: 30-35' Habit/Form: Broadly pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow to Medium Zone: 3-8

Cultural Requirements: Full sun, prefers deep, sandy soils and moderate moisture, soil pH adaptable. Tolerant of pollution, salt, wind and heat once established. Prune in spring.

Ornamental Characteristics: A non-fruiting male cultivar with uniform conical habit becoming broader with age. Fan-shaped foliage turns a spectacular yellow in fall.

Use in the Landscape:Vigorous grower, well-suited to urban planting as a street tree.

 

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