Ginkgo biloba 'Troll' 7/2021 Ginkgo-
Ginkgo biloba 'Troll' 7/2021 Ginkgo- (Jeddeloh Nursery, Germany) Dwarf Ginkgo, Size at 10 years: 3x3’, Green Foliage, Insignificant flower, USDA Hardiness Zone 4-10, Michigan Bloom Month -, In Garden Bed D3,08 for 22 MONTHS (Duvall). Planted in 2019.
Buchholz & Buchholz Nursery: A deciduous dwarf, arguably the slowest and most compact of all ginkgo dwarf forms growing only about 1" per year. Troll is a witches'-broom found in Norway but introduced by Jeddeloh Nursery in Germany around 15 years ago. Leaves are typically fan shaped and representative of the species except for being about half the size. Light gray to brown stems are distinctly stubby and thickened. A male form meaning no smelly fruit. Good for Bonsai or rock gardens.
Missouri Botanical Garden: 'Troll' is a dwarf shrubby cultivar that matures over time to only 3' tall and as wide. It typically grows in a bushy mound, although it can be trained to grow as a small pyramidal tree. As with species plants, the fan-shaped leaves (biloba means two-lobed) are rich green to blue green during the growing season, but change to bright yellow in fall.
2020 Note: trimmed off some bottom branches to improve the shape and make it easier to manage nearby weeds.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Additional photos of this plant from 2019, 20, 21:
Ginkgo biloba 'Troll' 7/2021 Ginkgo-
Ginkgo biloba 'Troll' 7/2021 Ginkgo- (Jeddeloh Nursery, Germany) Dwarf Ginkgo, Size at 10 years: 3x3’, Green Foliage, Insignificant flower, USDA Hardiness Zone 4-10, Michigan Bloom Month -, In Garden Bed D3,08 for 22 MONTHS (Duvall). Planted in 2019.
Buchholz & Buchholz Nursery: A deciduous dwarf, arguably the slowest and most compact of all ginkgo dwarf forms growing only about 1" per year. Troll is a witches'-broom found in Norway but introduced by Jeddeloh Nursery in Germany around 15 years ago. Leaves are typically fan shaped and representative of the species except for being about half the size. Light gray to brown stems are distinctly stubby and thickened. A male form meaning no smelly fruit. Good for Bonsai or rock gardens.
Missouri Botanical Garden: 'Troll' is a dwarf shrubby cultivar that matures over time to only 3' tall and as wide. It typically grows in a bushy mound, although it can be trained to grow as a small pyramidal tree. As with species plants, the fan-shaped leaves (biloba means two-lobed) are rich green to blue green during the growing season, but change to bright yellow in fall.
2020 Note: trimmed off some bottom branches to improve the shape and make it easier to manage nearby weeds.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Additional photos of this plant from 2019, 20, 21: