What’s going on with the bark on this ginkgo?
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Kimberley
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Oh no -- girdled ginkgo!
Comments (5)I also have a tree in my front yard that has lost its bark however it is still growing very slowly mind you. Not sure how it happened but it is almost 3/4 around. Can the bark grow back or should I start looking for a new tree. I can't even remember what kind of crab it is purple leaves with pink flowers. The strange thing is the bark was still there but just loose. I peeled off the loose stuff and it has a nicely healed edge I wonder if it was damaged when I bought it but never noticed....See Moredeer ate my ginkgo tree
Comments (8)Maybe they stepped on it. Are the leaves eaten? Plants not on the regular menu may be sampled once or twice when first presented. See, that's the thing: to be safe you need to not be presenting plants to deer in the first place. It's been said different individuals vary in their tastes, and then there is the problem as well of all of them being prone to starvation during northern winters. During this time kinds of plants not touched the rest of the year can be eaten to the quick. Eliminate the variables and greatly expand the planting choices with effectively installed and maintained deer fencing. Too expensive? How many plant failures can you afford to indulge in over the years?...See MoreAnyone Have Ginkgo Trees On Their Property?
Comments (25)sawemoff - That's a beautiful variegated small cultivar! Thanks for posting about it. I was mistaken when I suggested to dee that there weren't any dwarf varieties. Maybe that's what she has. Apparently there are several dwarfs and more being hybridized all the time. That Metromaples site (in Fort Worth) is a feast for the eyes! I sure wish I had the right soil to grow Japanese Maples too. They are gorgeous. Here's just a sampling of the Ginkgo varieties out there (large and small): 'Anny's Dwarf': dwarf form 'Autumn Gold': better fall colour and/or modified broad spreading growth habit, compact form, male, tall. 'Barabits Nana': small bushy form, up to 2 metres. 'Beijing Gold': shrub form, 4 m, yellow leaves also in spring and summer ( in summer somewhat striped) 'Bergen op Zoom': small straight up to 4 metres. 'Chase Manhattan': small, tiny darkgreen leaves, compact, ideal for bonsai and rockgarden, 1.5 m 'Chichi (Icho)': smaller leaves and a textured trunk, bark has breast-shaped protuberances 'Chris's Dwarf' (or 'Munchkin'?): see 'Munchkin' 'Chotek': weeping form of 'Witches Broom'; cultivar from Czech Republic; found by Mr Horak, Bystrice pod Hostinemin. Named to tribute the house of Choteks, the family of archbishop F. M. Chotek. 'Eastern Star': female, bears abundant crops of large nuts. 'Elmwood': vertical columnar form 'Epiphylla': female. Max. 4 m h., more wide. Seeds form on rather young plant. 'Elsie': upright growing, female. 'Fairmount': slender form, big leaves, dense pyramidal crown, male, 15 m. 'Fastigiata': architectural vertical accent, nearly columnar form, slightly wider at the base, big leaves, male (also available as female). 'Geisha': female, long pendulous branches and dark green foliage which turns lemon-yellow in fall, heavy crops of large nuts. 'Globosa': Graft on stock, bulb-shaped, compact 'Globus': Bullet-form, big leaves. 'Golden globe': Full head and spectacular yellow fall color. Trees are unusually densely branched for Ginkgos. Young trees have full crowns that mature in a broad, rounded head. Male. (from a seedling of Cleveland Tree Co. ) 'Gresham': Wide spreading horizontal branch habit. (from Gresham High School Ginkgos at Gresham, Oregon) 'Hayanari': female. 'Heksenbezem Leiden' (Witches broom): quite compact, rounded, dwarf form, branching closely grouped, up to 3 metres. 'Horizontalis': tall and wide form, many side-branches. Wide crown. 'Jade Butterfly': dense darkgreen foliage clumps, shrubby outline, vase shaped, semi dwarf, about 3 m. 'King of Dongting': slow growing, very big leaves. 'Laciniata': large deeply divided leaves 'Lakeview': compact, conical to broadly pyramidal, male. 'Liberty Splendor': broad pyramidal form with strong trunk, female. 'Long March': Upright growing, female is cultivated for heavy crops of tasty nuts. 'Magyar': uniform symmetrical branching, upright narrow pyramid form, up to 19 metres, male. 'Mariken': more compact than 'W.B.', tall about 3 ft, w.6-10 ft, branches more or less pendulous, graft on about 5 ft stock (P. Vergeldt; from a tree in Nijmegen). 'Mayfield': Narrower form than Fastigiata, tight upright, short branches, 9-12 m. 'Munchkin' (or 'Chris's Dwarf' ?): Upright habit and numerous slender branches, it has a tendency to be more regular in shape. Most leaves do not exceed the size of a quarter and are very dense on the plant. May eventually reach 6 ft but growth rate is around 4'' a year. 'Ohasuki': up to 4 metres, halfround big leaves, female. 'Pendula': branches more or less pendulous ("weeping"), slow growing, decorative. 'Prague or Pragense': low spreading and parasol-shaped. 'Princeton Sentry': well known cultivar, slow growing, big decorative leaves, upright conical form gives very formal focal point, male, 30 m. Improved "Fastigiata". Name derived from tree in Princeton Cemetary. 'Rainbow': striped with green/yellow leaves, about 3 m. Improved 'Variegata'. Remove green leaved branch immediately. 'Salem Lady': female from Oregon. 'Santa Cruz': female, low, spreading, umbrella-shaped. 'Saratoga': dense branches, small yellow-green leaves, slow growth, rounded outline, male, 10 m. 'Shangri-La': fast growing with compact pyramidal form, 14 metres, grows somewhat faster, male. 'Spring Grove': dwarf, very small and compact, about 3 m. 'Tit': = Chichi (Icho). 'Tremonia': small, pyramidal form, very big leaves, female, 10 m. 'Troll': compact 'W.B.', leaves vary from normal to rounded (Johann Wieting; from a tree in Krefeld, Germany. 'Tubifolia': slender leaves form sort of tub shape, slow growing, decorative, small tree, fairly compact branching, about 3 m. 'Umbrella': compact, densely branched, different leaf-forms and sizes. 'Variegata':shrub form with variegated foliage, some leaves 'halved' green and gold, others striped and others half gold/half striped, up to 3 metres, female. It often reverts to green (see 'Rainbow'). Half-shaded position. 'Windover': broad oval outline, shade tree, 17 m. 'W.B.' ('Witches Broom'): dwarf form, compact, rounded, lightgreen leaf, closely grouped branches, about 2.75 m....See MoreGinkgo pruning advice
Comments (11)I second the others advice. Clean back the dead material, clear the grass back from the base as its only stealing available nutrients. I would also lightly cultivate the top inch or so around the base. My ginko's did a lot better after I added some time release osmocote and your tree needs either that or perhaps adding some composted mulch around it too. Both will help get it going stronger. They're not difficult to grow and I'm never seen any that were grafted trees. The ground around the tree might well be light on nitrogen so adding some type of fertilizers should help out too. :)...See MoreBillMN-z-2-3-4
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