Ginkgo

My dad has these two ginkgo seedlings out on his balcony. They're doing well!

[Richard Hickey]

Cool picture.

[Jenfurj]

Wow, how good is that. I hope he has a nice big garden to plant them in. Ginkgo tea is supposed to be good for the memory.

[gloria jones]

Neat shot

[Karen Mitchell]

these leaves are such a cool shape... it would be fun to see them in isolation, they are like butterfly wings.

[Pyrrhula]

Great. FAV. I`ve several of them (+/- 8) . Some more the 25 years. From just a two inches to abouth a 15 feet. Love them.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

delightful image! fav

[Dinah Pinkston]

Very nice ...Ginkgos are beautiful trees!

[Pyrrhula]

@pyrrhula I did take a capture of them now. 05-31

[Joyce]

They look very well and healthy. Lovely shade of green.

[Sally Ings]

I don't know very much about Ginkgo trees. They do have very interesting looking leaves.

[alia_801]

Lovely lush greens!

[Frances Chaloner]

Great looking specimens. Did you know the ones growing near Hiroshima not only survived the atomic bomb blast but are now thriving! They are very ancient and fascinating trees.

[Frances Chaloner]

@salza they are very ancient and belong in a class all of their own. They count as conifers but are different to all of them. They were thought to have died out but some were found growing in an isolated valley in China. They are very resistant to pollution and are used as street trees. They resist very high levels of atomic radiation too. The male trees (I think) are avoided because they give off a horrible smell when flowering. They have wide medicinal use as well in the Far East. A strange and intrepid survivor!

[Sally Ings]

@whippeteer thanks for the info Frances. I do that Ginkgo has many medicinal uses but I had never researched them as plants. I will make an effort to look them up. Plus I shall try to find out whether they grow or are available in South Africa.