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These beautiful trees are not carried by local garden centres even though they are hardy. Instead, fragile Japanese maples are flogged by the local Home Depot. Must be a corporate head office decision.
Valve, just so you know in case you are thinking about getting a Ginkgo for your yard.
A few years ago a friend showed me one on his property and he said it was the oldest tree in the world. That got me interested. As to its age on the planet, if it is ‘thee oldest’ tree is up for debate, but it is ‘one’ of the oldest.
Ginkgos are also used in Chinese medicine and ‘somewhat’ proven to work in different areas of health for humans. However it does have what can be poisonous properties which lead me to be concerned about my dogs. The active ingredient is in the seeds and act as an anticoagulant which on some veterinarian internet sites they say it can harm dogs or cats if enough seeds are eaten. Dogs I have had, some of them will eat or chew on anything so I did more research. I didn’t find any substantial information about an animal having problems other than warnings so I bought a Ginkgo anyhow but put it at the back of the property where the dogs rarely go and where no seeds would fall near the kennel. I’ve had it for 2 years now and it’s a good hardy tree. I just thought I would pass on that information to you.
Also, if Japanese maples are being sold in big box stores to people as Ginkgos, the buyers are easily lead. The Ginkgo leaf looks nothing like a Japanese maple. Actually the Japanese maple leaf and tree when it is small could pass as a marijuana plant …..which may be why some people are buying them LOL.
Because valve has a new family member, I just thought I would pass on the information to him.
