this makes me happy

[piranha]

i have a ginkgo tree. i've always wanted a ginkgo tree! and this one comes with rain diamonds.

and closeup:

Comments

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

Ginkos are coolness incarnate.

[liv]

That's exactly what I was going to comment. Yay ginkgos.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Lovely, especially as long as you stick to male trees. (There were some female trees round the back of the block where I grew up. The stink of the rotting fruit is impressive.)

smelly ginkgo

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

so i have heard. however, when i saw this one i didn't even think to ask whether they were male or female; i was too thrilled to find a little one that i could actually afford. so now i need to learn how to sex ginkgo trees. :)

Re: smelly ginkgo

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

According to what the professor I had in a Biology of Ecozones class had to say, you probably don't need to worry about the sex of your ginkgo. Female trees are exceedingly rare in North America, in fact, she claimed you can't find them. I'm guessing the sheer nastiness of the fruit has something to do with that.

Re: smelly ginkgo

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

huh. interesting. as i found out today, i'm best off not worrying anyway, since sexing it means either a costly DNA test, or waiting for about 20 years til it's capable of bearing fruit.

i can wait. :)

[eub.livejournal.com]

What a strikingly unwettable leaf!

ginkgo

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

yeah, it is even more so than the lupine and aquilegia leaves, which so far have been my favourites for watching water form pearls.

[1ginko.livejournal.com]

I *heart* ginko(gingko) trees. I have a volunteer growing too close to my concrete step that needs to be transplanted. They grow very slow. This one is about four years old and only three feet tall.

One of my favorite ginko stories: A tradition here is for the senior class to donate something to the U. Many, many years ago a gingko tree was donated and planted outside the President office in the administration building. For 20 years I have watched this tree mature into a stately beauty. I splurted with glee the year it prolifically produced fruit. There is just something about a dirty diaper smell at the administration building that cheers me every fall.

gingko

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

*grin*. that is obnoxiously cool. :)

(and yeah, i figured you probably like gingkos, *snicker*. no idea what gave it away, *innocent look*.)

now i just want to know why the spelling is so weird; i suspect it's transliteration error. google hits per variant:
ginko 355,000
ginkgo 868,000
gingko 1,380,000


ah yes, it's from the japanese, which is 銀杏 (ぎんきょう, ginkyo).