Brno - two-lobed ginseng in the garden of the Old Brno Monastery

This dominant tree grows near a brick fence in the premises of the former Augustinian monastery in Staré Brno, which today houses the Gregor Johann Mendel Memorial. Ginseng trees were first imported to our homeland in 1809. The age of the local ginkgo tree at the Mendel Monument is estimated to be 170-200 years old, the girth of the trunk at breast height is 420 cm, and its total height reaches 26,5 m. It is the largest tree in its…