Beautiful colors but their fruit is awful. Here in Philadelphia we find the fruit inescapable on the sidewalks. One nickname is "dog-shit fruit" because you end up with rotting ginkgo fruit on your shoes. Always remember to take your shoes off by your front door so you don't track dog-shit fruit.
this, hilariously, is why i love them. what a terrible decision for sidewalk trees 😂😂 if you see people gathering em up, though, it's because the seeds have medicinal applications! so, silver lining, at least
“Rain Day” has become something of a holiday for us since we were lucky enough to buy a house with a mature ginkgo in the backyard. Every year I think about whoever planted the tree and thank them for this annual moment of whimsy.
Cool! You’re lucky! This is at a church in south Philly but I am thankful for whoever planted that tree and placed this bench under it (this is how I found it! I wish I was someone whose portrait I could have taken there but I was by myself!)
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