SEEDS OF MAIDENHAIR TREE - GINKGO BILOBA

Great ornamental tree of all, used in parks, avenues and gardens. Hardy, tolerant of industrial areas. Bonsai. Its medicinal properties are well-known in homeopathy and phytotherapy for circulatory and memory problems.

Deciduous tree up to 25-35m with pyramidal crown in the male specimens and wider cup in the upper part for the female specimens. Very striking fan-shaped flat leaves from green colour to yellow in autumn. Edible fruit, the size of a plum of yellowish color when mature with very unpleasant smell.

It prefers loose, dry and deep soils. 

Seeds can be soaked for 5 days and sown directly between November and January. Or to obtain a more regular and faster germination, stratify in cold the seeds for 60 days before the sowing. It is possible to use a sowing substrate for potting or soil from the garden together with a sowing substrate if the sowing is made directly into the garden. The substrate must be wet but not soggy until the germination is completed.