Ginkgo, Autumn Gold

Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold'

Height: 40-50ft
Spread: 25-30ft
Zone: 3-8
Exposure: Full sun
Growth Rate: Slow
Bloom Time/Color: N/A
Fall Color: Yellow
Uses: Specimen, shade tree, street tree
Maintenance: Low
Tree Shape: Pyramidal/upright
Other: Fruitless cultivar

'Autumn Gold' ginkgo is prized for its vivid golden fall color that persists several weeks and the fact that it is a fruitless cultivar. Ginkgos are often recognized by their fan shaped leaves that resemble maidenhair fern leaflets. It is a very slow growing tree, but when it takes off, grows into an upright, almost pyramidal shade, street, or park tree. Ginkgos are also very hardy (considered a living fossil because they have been around for millions of years), tolerating drought, clay soils, air pollution, and other harsh growing conditions. They prefer full sun and are relatively deer resistant.