{"Page URL":["https://www.appropedia.org/Ginkgo_biloba"],"Page description":["Ginkgo is one of the most exciting plants we are growing, with a wide range of uses. This tall but narrow deciduous tree can reach a height of up to 30 metres with a spread of 9 metres. This species is the only surviving member of a family that was believed to be extinct until fairly recent times. It has probably remained virtually unchanged for at least 150 million years and might have been growing when the dinosaurs were roaming the earth. It is exceptional in having motile sperm and fertilization may not take place until after the seed has fallen from the tree. It belongs to a very ancient order and has affinities with tree ferns and cycads. The plant seems to be totally untroubled by pests and diseases and is believed to have evolved a resistance over its many millions of years of existence. I suppose that if it could survive the ravages of dinosaurs, then it is unlikely to be overly concerned about the attention of aphids or whatever."],"Page image":["File:Ginkgo biloba kz01.jpg"],"Page language":["en"],"Page license":["CC-BY-SA-3.0"],"Page title":["Ginkgo biloba"],"Page views":[147],"Page year":["Sunday, 01-Jan-06 00:00:00 UTC"],"Modification date":["Friday, 28-Nov-25 11:36:29 UTC"]}