Getting to Know Ginkgo Spring Grove - April 2023
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As a sort-of tip of my cap to the plantsman Roy Diblik, I've started to document some of my own self-guided education with new plants and trees that I've come across in a tiny series of posts all called " getting to know ". The most recent one of these was Primrose a couple of weeks ago. Before that, I've tried to learn about everything from Pineapple Lily to the Thai Giant to the Siberian Larch . The latest entry in this series is a Ginkgo 1 tree that is new (to me). I came across it in the place that I've found other, surprisingly unique species: at the Home Depot on Butterfield. The nursery manager seems like they take the biggest risks with inventory of any of the Home Depots around us. They have - on occasion - things you won't find at the other stores. So, what was this unique species? I'd describe it as odd. It is also small. And sitting on a pallet next to a couple of contorted Harry Lauder Walkingstick trees. See below for th