Add graceful structure and timeless beauty to your landscape with this live Ginkgo biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’, a unique compact ginkgo cultivar admired for its dense clusters of fan-shaped foliage that resemble fluttering butterfly wings. This elegant ornamental tree features glossy jade-green leaves arranged tightly along the branches, creating rich texture and movement throughout the growing season. In autumn, the foliage transforms into a spectacular golden-yellow display, bringing brilliant seasonal color to gardens and patios.

Slow growing and naturally broad upright in form, ‘Jade Butterflies’ matures to approximately 10 feet tall and 8 feet wide, making it ideal for smaller landscapes, courtyards, urban gardens, decorative containers, and ornamental focal points. As a male ginkgo selection, it produces no messy fruit, offering all the beauty of traditional ginkgos without the maintenance concerns. Hardy, resilient, and long-lived, this rare New Zealand introduction combines ancient heritage with modern landscape elegance.

You will receive a healthy live tree similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos, grown in a 6-inch container.

Plant Details

• Common Name: Jade Butterflies Ginkgo
• Botanical Name: Ginkgo biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’
• Plant Type: Deciduous ornamental tree
• Growth Stage: Young established tree
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil: Well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
• Mature Height: Approximately 10 feet
• Mature Width: Approximately 8 feet
• Growth Habit: Broad upright vase-shaped tree
• Growth Rate: Slow to moderate (6–8 inches annually)
• USDA Zones: 4–9
• Foliage Color: Rich jade-green fan-shaped leaves
• Fall Color: Brilliant golden yellow
• Special Features: Compact male non-fruiting selection with butterfly-like foliage
• Container Friendly: Yes, excellent for patios and decorative containers while young

Landscape Uses

• Urban and courtyard gardens
• Ornamental focal point tree
• Patio and container gardens
• Collector and specialty landscapes
• Four-season interest plantings

Care Tip

Plant in full sun for the brightest fall color and strongest growth. Ginkgo trees are highly adaptable, pollution tolerant, and exceptionally long-lived once established.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.