GINKGO Ginkgoaceae (Ginkgo family) Maidenhair Tree

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PO Box 413
Chilliwack, BC V2P 6J7
CANADA

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ELAEAGNUS WOLF WILLOW Elaeagnaceae (Oleaster family)
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Photograph © Paige Woodward
Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. ex Rydb. Wolf willow, Silverberry.

Pot ( 1 gal. / 6"). $10.00

EMPETRUM CROWBERRY Empetraceae (Crowberry family)
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Photograph © Paige Woodward
Empetrum nigrum L. Crowberry. This low, creeping, needle-leaved, heatherlike shrub is evergreen and has blue-black berries that birds relish. The species is circumboreal but plants in Europe are diploid, and have male and female flowers on separate plants, while those in North America are tetraploid and have mostly bisexual flowers. North American plants are sometimes called Empetrum eamesii; those with black berries are sometimes called E. eamesii subsp. hermaphroditum. Our plants are from seeds collected in the Yukon and British Columbia.

Pot ( 1 gal. / 6"). $12.00
ENKIANTHUS ENKIANTHUS Ericaceae (Heath family) 吊钟花属
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Photograph © Paige Woodward
Enkianthus campanulatus (Miquel) Nicholson. サラサドウダン Sarasadoudan (Japanese: "Calico lighthouse"). フウリンツツジ Huurintsutsuji (Japanese: "Wind bell").


Pot ( 1 gal. / 6"). $12.00
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Photograph © Paige Woodward
Enkianthus campanulatus (Miquel) Nicholson 'Sensetsu' (Japanese: "Fresh snow.") Similar to the plant above, but in autumn it colors up a week or two later.

Pot ( 1 gal. / 6"). $12.00
ERIOGONUM WILD BUCKWHEAT Please click here to visit our Eriogonum collection.
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EUONYMUS EUONYMUS
Euonymus atropurpureus

Pot ( 1 gal. / 6"). $12.00
FRANKLINIA FRANKLIN TREE, LOST CAMELLIA Theaceae (Tea family)
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Photograph © Jim McKenney

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Photograph © Paige Woodward


Franklinia alatamaha Marshall. Franklin tree, Lost Camellia. Named for Benjamin Franklin, extinct in the wild.and rare in commerce, this shrubby, deciduous North American tree with Camellia-like white flowers was noticed by the plant collectors John Bartram and his son, William, in 1765 on the banks of the Altamaha River in the state of Georgia. Within a few acres [hectares], it was plentiful. There are no reports of it anywhere in the wild, even in wishful thinking, since the 1840s. Every Franklinia now alive descends from plants and seeds that William Bartram collected and grew on in Philadelphia. The white flowers, which have a large yellow boss, bloom from late summer until frost. The leaves blush pink and crimson for at least a month, with us, before they drop. The lower branches layer easily. Height to about 6 m (20'). Zone 5, perhaps colder.

Tall 10 cm (4") pot. $12.00
FRAXINUS ASH Oleaceae (Olive family)
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Photograph by Brother Alfred Brousseau, © St. Mary's College of California
Fraxinus latifolia. Benth. Oregon ash.

Pot (2 gal. / 10"). $10.00
GAULTHERIA SALAL, WINTERGREEN Ericaceae (Heath family)
Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ex Bigelow.

Pot (2"/ 5 cm). $5.25 Special-order only.
Gaultheria procumbens. Checkerberry; Wintergreen.

Pot (4"/ 10 cm). $6.00
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Photograph © Pat Woodward

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Photograph © Paige Woodward
Gaultheria shallon Pursh. Salal.

Pot (1 gal. / 6"). $8.00
GINKGO Ginkgoaceae (Ginkgo family)

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Photograph © Paige Woodward

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Photograph © China Agriculture Press

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Scanned image © Paige Woodward


Ginkgo biloba L. Maidenhair tree. Living-fossil tree. Chinese Yajiao / Japanese Icho ("duck foot," from the leaf); Chinese Yinxing / Japanese Ginnan ("silver apricot," from the edible nut); Chinese Baiguo shu ("white-nut tree").

The last member of its family, a survivor from the time of the dinosaurs, this legendary deciduous tree is the only living link between ferns and conifers. It is probably extinct in the wild.

Our pictures ~ please click on them ~ show ginkgo leaves on our tree in autumn; nuts ripening; and a Chinese classical garden scene block-printed on a ginkgo leaf. As you can see, the leaf is only sometimes clearly divided into two lobes ("biloba").

Handsome as a specimen, Ginkgo also makes a good street tree because it tolerates many soils, shrugs off many pests, and appears unfazed by air pollution. Its leaves turn butter-yellow in autumn.

Being so ancient, Ginkgo has traits in common with several branches of plant life. A ginkgo embryo can form a symbiotic relationship with green algae. The tree looks like a broadleaf but it is a gymnosperm, like the conifers. Unlike most gymnosperms, however, it has male and female on separate trees. Although it has seeds, it also has free-swimming sperm, like ferns and the cycads, another ancient line.

Ginkgo has long been used in Chinese medicine and its use is growing in the West. Extracts of the leaves are said to be antioxidant and to improve circulation and short-term memory. Extracts of the nuts are said to be antiseptic and to loosen coughs.

Our trees are grown from seeds. Some will turn out to be male, some female. To produce nuts, female trees require fertilization from a male.

The nuts are delicious. They have a famously stinky rind, but this is unlikely to be a problem. The moment it becomes apparent that your tree has nuts, connoisseurs will want to collect them, with or without your permission.

Height to 30 m (100'), often less. Full sun to part shade. Zone 4.

Contact Information

Phone: (604) 792 9279
Fax: (604) 792 1891
Email: plants@hillkeep.ca