{"id":11970,"date":"2016-02-29T06:43:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T13:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11970"},"modified":"2016-02-27T02:52:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T09:52:38","slug":"maidenhair-tree-ginkgo-root-and-branch-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/maidenhair-tree-ginkgo-root-and-branch-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo) Root and Branch Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"ginkgo by ivva, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ivva\/323896162\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/124\/323896162_9445d9eb54.jpg\" alt=\"ginkgo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fascinating leaves are grown on this unique tree that has been around for over 200 million years. Last one of a kind the Ginkgo has no close relatives. Now famous for its extracts and herbal remedies it is also a revered tree in the Buddhist religion.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features of the Maidenhair Tree<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Latin name<\/strong> Ginkgo biloba other common names Pin Yin, Kew tree or Japanese silver apricot<\/li>\n<li><strong>Height<\/strong> Up to 100 feet very long lived.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type of tree<\/strong> &#8211; Deciduous the only surviving species of its kind from 200 million years ago<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leaves <\/strong> &#8211; Fan shaped green leaves aging to yellow<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flowers<\/strong> &#8211; Male catkins are yellow in bunches. Female on another tree are green on stalks<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fruit <\/strong> &#8211; Greenish-yellow plum like fruit with a fleshy coating and edible kernel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bark<\/strong> &#8211; Grey Brown<\/li>\n<li><strong>Family<\/strong> Ginkgo a one off<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Origins and Distribution of the Maidenhair Tree<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Origins over 200 million years ago but now grow wild in China, Japan and Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li>Widely planted in Buddhist temples and now grown as a specimen tree around the world..<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Young Ginkgo by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3985970323\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2478\/3985970323_74ca110a48.jpg\" alt=\"Young Ginkgo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Uses and Attributes of the Ginkgo<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Seen as a symbol of longevity, hope and unity.<\/li>\n<li>The finely grained wood is used for carving.<\/li>\n<li>Extract from the leaves and fruit are used herbally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Gardeners Tips for the Ginkgo<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>During autumn the leaves turn a bright yellow and quickly fall.<\/li>\n<li>Sunny well-watered and well-drained sites are needed to grow a Ginkgo in your garden.<\/li>\n<li>With stands an amount of pollution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other types of Ginkgo<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>There are no living relatives Ginkgo are often referred to as living fossils.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Ginkgo leaf by monteregina, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/monteregina\/3862984518\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2493\/3862984518_32d89753b2.jpg\" alt=\"Ginkgo leaf\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Ginkgo comments from elsewhere<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The old popular name &#8220;Maidenhair tree&#8221; is because the leaves resemble some of the pinnae of the maidenhair fern.<\/li>\n<li>Ginkgos are dioecious, with separate sexes, some trees being female and others being male. Male plants produce small pollen cones (Wikipedia).<\/li>\n<li>The Ginkgo Pages is a <a href=\"http:\/\/kwanten.home.xs4all.nl\/\">dedicated website for the tree<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Credits<\/strong><br \/>\nginkgo by ivva CC BY-SA 2.0<br \/>\nGinkgo leaf by monteregina CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fascinating leaves are grown on this unique tree that has been around for over 200 million years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,251],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs","category-tree-root-and-branch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}