My new house plant – Ginkgo Biloba. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016
At the Nordiska Trädgårdar 2016 Garden Fair in Stockholm recently I got myself a new house plant, a Ginkgo Biloba, or as it is also called, the Maidenhair Tree.
Ginkgo Biloba. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016
It is an interesting plant. I have wanted one for a long time.
Ginkgo Biloba. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016
So, at this years garden fair, I found one for the reasonable price of SEK 95.
With our temperatures it cannot be placed outside. At least not at the tender age my plant has. But 175 ginkgo biloba trees are beeing planted at Hornsgatan in Stockholm. At first 20 trees in 2010. I don’t know if more have been planted since. I really hope they will survive there. They were dug up from a planting in Germany and transported to Stockholm and planted here in the winter of 2010. I haven’t seen them yet, but will surely visit and see if they have survived. Will wait until the spring has come further and they hopefully will get leaves there.
Ginkgo Biloba. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016
This small plant can become a tree that is 40 meters high… Not inside though (I hope). Mine is today 48 cms high from the bottom of the pot to its top.
Ginkgo Biloba, fully grown. Image borrowed from the internet.
The above is an example of how it can look fully grown…
Ginkgo Biloba. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016
It has plenty of small growth for new branches on it. Looking forward to see it grow and become an even more decorative little indoor tree.
Ginkgo Biloba Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016
I wanted the Ginkgo Biloba for its decorative leaves and the form of the plant. The split leaves with their distinct form are really decorative.
Ginkgo Biloba Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016
Ginkgo Biloba, fully grown. Image borrowed from the internet.
The plant is used in health products. It is also a really old plant. From wikipedia I got the following information:
Maidenhair tree
Ginkgo biloba, known as ginkgo or as the maidenhair tree, is the only living species in the division Ginkgophyta, all others being extinct. It is found in fossils dating back 270 million years. Native to China,[2] the tree is widely cultivated and was introduced early to human history. It has various uses in traditional medicine and as a source of food. The genus name Ginkgo is regarded as a misspelling of the Japanese gin kyo, “silver apricot”.[4] Wikipedia
Scientific name: Ginkgo biloba
Higher classification: Ginkgo
Conservation status: Endangered
Rank: Species
Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_biloba
http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/plants-fungi/ginkgo-biloba
Ginkgo Biloba. Photo:nini.tjader.2016
I hope you have more success than I have had. I put it out on my balcony in Gothenburg but it has dropped most of its leaves.
It dropped its last leaf in April after a winter indoors. But it wasn’t dead. Now, in June, two new leaves have appeared on it and I trust more will come. It has been outdoors on my patio since some time in May.