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.

[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.)

[eub.livejournal.com]

What a strikingly unwettable leaf!

[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.