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| Ginkgo Leaf | |
Moving into February, the temperature on the Illinois Prairie is a mere frigid 3 degrees. For some reason, the Ginkgo Bilboa, my favorite tree, has been shooting me visuals of its splendor. The shape of the ginkgo leaf is unlike any other tree leaf with its fan shape. In autumn, each ginkgo tree loses its bright yellow leaves in one or two days. The ginkgo is the oldest botanical specimen on the planet although several new male cultivars have developed through the years.
Over 20 ginkgo trees were planted seventy-five years ago bordering my parents grave sites in Westview Cemetery outside of Pittsburgh, PA. Twenty mature, stately Ginkgos border Mim and Al Hyde's grave sites. (Mim and Al, my parents, are pictured in an earlier post.)
We had no idea the Ginkgos were there.
