GARDEN CLIPPINGS: Gingko tree as unique as it is old I'm finding a new appreciation for history. Case in point is my fondness for ginkgoes, the world's oldest living tree species.

The area boasts “48 ancient ginkgoes which have lived for over 1,000 years, 180 over 500 years and 4,370 over 100 years, 36 scenic spots with more than 25 over 1,000-year contiguous ginkgoes and ...

Dinosaurs lived at the heart of a vast river estuary surrounded by forested areas composed of conifers, tree ferns and ginkgoes in Scotland ...

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The fan-shaped leaves of the ginkgo tree stay firmly attached, waiting for the right moment to decide to fall. The tree-letting process is amazingly complex.

However, ginkgoes are an example of a tree that is either fully male or female, with a bizarre smell attached to one gender. Every fall, the gender of a maidenhair tree reveals itself. Male trees ...

Ginkgoes have evolved to attract carrion-eating animals, which eat the smelly fruit and disperse the ginkgo seeds that aren’t digested by the animal, Harvard University said.

In many trees, such as ginkgoes and honey locusts, removing chlorophyll reveals yellow pigment compounds called carotenoids.

Some prominent samurai also planted maples, azaleas, and ginkgoes in the gardens of their estates; many gardens in Tokyo famous for their autumn foliage are situated on these former estates.

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