Environmental Protection Value
It has resistance to smoke, fire, and toxic gases.
Economic Value
Ginkgo tree trunks are straight, and its wood is an advanced material for making musical instruments and furniture.
Garden Use
The maidenhair tree is cherished for its fan-shaped leaves, which offer a striking yellow color in fall. Gardeners also cherish the plant because it is resistant to salt, heat, and pollution, making it ideal for urban settings. It can be easily grown as a shade or street tree, as well as in lawns. The maidenhair tree is often planted alongside Candicans white fir, Burning bush, Anny's winter orange bloodtwig dogwood, and Smokebush.
Symbolism
Toughness, calmness, hope, peace, longevity
Interesting Facts
Legend has it that an old man gave his two daughters two mountains before he died and told them there were treasures. In the evening, they both had dreams. The elder sister dreamed that an old man gave her a bag of maidenhair tree nuts, and the younger sister dreamed of a bag of money. After that, the elder sister grew maidenhair tree on the mountain. The younger sister thought that each day the stones on the mountain would become coins. Years later, the elder sister's mountain was full of maidenhair tree, but the younger sister's mountain was only barren land.
Name Story
Maidenhair tree: It was given the name maidenhair tree, in England because the leaves look similar to the native maidenhair fern.
Ginkgo: It is known as a "living fossil" as the Ginkgo biloba is one of the world's oldest living tree species. It has existed for more than 350 million years! The word ginkgo comes from the Chinese yinxing meaning 'silver apricot'.
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