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Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba

Climate-suitable non-native

Growing guidance

Horticultural figures below are practitioner estimates for planning, pending expert review. The botanical record further down is sourced and verifiable.

Current-climate suitability

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Future-climate resilience

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Sun

Full sun

Soil moisture

average

Heat tolerance

Up to about 44°C

Cold tolerance

Down to about -30°C

Waterlogging tolerance

3/5

Drought tolerance

4/5

Mature size

8–20 m tall, 7 m spread

Seasonal interest

Autumn gold · Butter yellow

Maintenance

low

Wildlife supported

General wildlife value 2/5 (verified species relationships are shown only where structured data exists)

Known risks or warnings

Female trees drop foul-smelling fruit — plant male selections.

Toxicity: none

Verified botanical record

Accepted scientific name
Ginkgo biloba L.
Family
Ginkgoaceae (Ginkgoales)
Rank and status
species · accepted
GBIF record
Taxon 2687885

Recorded as introduced in: Austria, Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region, China North-Central, China South-Central, Cyprus, Flemish Region, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Illinois, Italy and 5 further regions

Ranges are exactly as recorded in the GBIF source checklists and may be incomplete for widely cultivated species.

Ginkgo biloba, commonly known as ginkgo ( GINK-oh, -⁠goh), also known as the maidenhair tree, and often misspelled "gingko" (see Taxonomy below) is a species of gymnosperm tree native to East Asia. It is the last living species in the order Ginkgoales, which first appeared over 290 million years ago. Fossils similar to the living species, belonging to the genus Ginkgo, extend back to the Middle Jurassic epoch about 170 million years ago. The tree was cultivated early in human history, remains commonly planted, and is widely regarded as a living fossil. G. biloba is a long-lived, disease-resistant, dioecious tree with unique fan-shaped leaves, capable of clonal reproduction, and known for its striking yellow autumn foliage and resilience in disturbed environments. It was known historically as "silver fruit" or "white fruit" in Chinese and called "ginkgo" due to a centuries-old transcripti

Description from Wikipedia — Ginkgo biloba (CC BY-SA), shortened and unedited in substance.

Native status and geographic context

  • United Kingdom: climate-suitable
  • United States: climate-suitable
  • Australia: climate-suitable

Native status is never inferred from climate similarity. Plants restricted or invasive in a jurisdiction are excluded from recommendations there.

Demonstration data. Climate, plant and retailer records shown here are realistic samples awaiting horticultural validation and live data connections.