Ginkgo biloba 'Umbrella' type-animal )CIOBB74: H

)CIOBB74: H

globose bush of bright green upright sprays of foliage

) Height: 61cm

These are grey and white coloured teardrop

The branches when young are light brown and smooth turning grey-brown and deeply grooved when older

Ginkgo biloba 'Umbrella' type-animal )CIOBB74: HCommon name Maidenhair Tree Family Ginkgoaceae Genus The genus Ginkgo has a single species represented by a tall deciduous, broad leaved tree that has survived from prehistoric times. Ginkgo is uniquely different from other conifers in many ways, it occupies its own family, Ginkgoacea and its own order, the Ginkgoales. This ancient tree flourished with the dinosaurs about 180 200 million years ago. For a long time Ginkgo was considered to be extinct