Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree

Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies'

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Overview

The Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold' is a male cultivar, ensuring a mess-free landscape. Reaching up to 40-50 feet tall with a spread of 25-30 feet, it boasts a uniform, broadly pyramidal form. This deciduous tree is known for its vibrant golden-yellow foliage in fall. It is adaptable, pollution-tolerant, and requires minimal upkeep, perfect for urban environments. Its slow-to-moderate growth and distinctive fan-shaped leaves add year-round interest.

Sun FullWater Extra in Summer, MediumZones 4–8Climate Mediterranean, Temperate

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — The Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold' is a male cultivar, ensuring a mess-free landscape

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — Reaching up to 40-50 feet tall with a spread of 25-30 feet, it boasts a uniform, broadly pyramidal

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — This deciduous tree is known for its vibrant golden-yellow foliage in fall

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — It is adaptable, pollution-tolerant, and requires minimal upkeep, perfect for urban environments

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — Its slow-to-moderate growth and distinctive fan-shaped leaves add year-round interest

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — scientifically known as Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold'

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — is a male cultivar selected for its uniform shape and radiant fall color

Culture

Sun: Full
Water: Extra in Summer, Medium
USDA zones: 4–8

Shape & size

Mature height: 6–12 Ft.
Mature width: 3–9 Ft.

Classification

Family: Ginkgoaceae
Climate: Mediterranean, Temperate

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Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — The Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold' is a male cultivar, ensuring a mess-free landscape

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — Reaching up to 40-50 feet tall with a spread of 25-30 feet, it boasts a uniform, broadly pyramidal

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — This deciduous tree is known for its vibrant golden-yellow foliage in fall

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — It is adaptable, pollution-tolerant, and requires minimal upkeep, perfect for urban environments

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — Its slow-to-moderate growth and distinctive fan-shaped leaves add year-round interest

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — scientifically known as Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold'

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — is a male cultivar selected for its uniform shape and radiant fall color

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — Renowned for its hardiness and longevity

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — offering fan-shaped leaves that flutter in the breeze

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — These unique leaves are a lush green throughout the growing season

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — before turning a brilliant golden yellow in the fall

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — hence the name 'Autumn Gold'

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — this tree prefers full sun to partial shade and requires well-drained soil

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — It is resistant to air pollution and urban conditions

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — making it an excellent choice for city landscapes as well as suburban gardens

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — The 'Autumn Gold' Ginkgo is also disease and pest-resistant

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — making 'Autumn Gold' a particularly clean choice for public spaces and private landscapes alike

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — When designing a landscape

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — and minimal upkeep requirements

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — green flowers in the garden

Autumn Gold Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies') — consider this species for its majestic form

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