Plant: Princeton Sentry - Ginkgo Tree
Ginkgo Tree · Ginkgo biloba 'Princeton Sentry'
Size: 7 gal
Light
Mature size
More about this plant
A narrow, upright, dense ginkgo reaching about 60 feet tall and only 25 feet wide, which makes it a standard choice for streets and formal avenues. Its fan shaped emerald green leaves are 2 to 3 inches long and clustered on short spur shoots, turning brilliant golden yellow in fall and shedding almost all at once. Grow it in full sun in clay, loam or sand with good drainage, across acid to alkaline soils. It tolerates heat, drought, salt, pollution and urban conditions with medium maintenance, and as a male selection it avoids the foul smelling fruit produced by seedling female trees.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 60 ft tall and 25 ft wide
- Hardy in USDA zones 3-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A narrow, upright, dense ginkgo reaching about 60 feet tall and only 25 feet wide, which makes it a standard choice for streets and formal avenues. Its fan shaped emerald green leaves are 2 to 3 inches long and clustered on short spur shoots, turning brilliant golden yellow in fall and shedding almost all at once. Grow it in full sun in clay, loam or sand with good drainage, across acid to alkaline soils. It tolerates heat, drought, salt, pollution and urban conditions with medium maintenance, and as a male selection it avoids the foul smelling fruit produced by seedling female trees.
- Foliage
- Leaves are 2 to 3 inches long, emerald green and fan shaped, borne alternately and in clusters of three to five on short spur shoots, turning gold yellow in fall.
- Bark & stems
- Grey brown bark in ridges; the tree produces both long shoots and short reproductive spur shoots.
- Native range
- South-central and southeast China
