That is amazing and beautiful. They grow wild in Indiana and I have never seen one with such beautiful leaves!

I am going to try and start some from seed here in Texas. Any advice?

I have never seen a ginkgo in the wild here. I thought they were cultivated and the only known true native ones disappeared w/ the glaciers.

If they're growing wild..point me in the right direction...I'll get my shovel! :D

Amazing pics of an amazing tree. Very nice!

Ginkgo trees don't live in the wild in the U.S. so the shovel can stay in the garage ;0)

The variegated Ginkgo at these pics are not the same one as we've here in Europe.
The one we have here is white variegated while Ken's pics shows us leaves wich are yellow with green...quite differend.

Here is a picture of mine. So for not too impressed. It has three stems. One is reasonably variegated, one has almost all yellow, and the third is almost all green. You can see which is the strongest stem and which is the weakest. I love the variegated leaves though.
Gary

There are several white- and yellow-variegated cultivars in the trade here in Europe.( 'Snowflake','Maribo','Rainbow',...)Maybe, all better selections from older ' Variegatas'.

Wolfgang

Edwin, I do not know where to buy.

I read about the Ginkgo-cultivars in the Gartenpraxis 7/2006.
Some sources, but I think, you know all.

Wolfgang

Will this ever grow into a tree shape, or will it always be irregular?

hey noki ... that was kinda the question i started with ... wondering whether there is such a thing as a mature one ... wherein the followup question would have been shape .. or form ...

ken

With Ginkgos, what you have is what you get.

They are extremely variable regarding shape.

Even cultivars typically noted as having a broad round canopy will show varability. I'm no expert but Ginkgo is my most favored tree and I search and search for decent shape and its all over the map.

It will grow into a tree form like the species.
I've never seen a mature variegated Ginkgo and this is because they will revert after a while when they're established.
The best thing to keep the 'Variegata' variegated is to tease it once and a while to cut some of it's roots off...

My small 'Californian Sunset', bought it last year.
Ronny

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Absolutely stunning...and a little kinky looking (the trunk, that is).

Whitman Farms has a variegated form called 'Majestic Butterflies.' The cataglog description confirms Ken's observation of slow growth in variegated cultivars:

"Of course it barely grows, but it's a beaut."