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Sounds like the ideal tree. I think they are most graceful, and no other leaves are that distinctive shape. As a street tree, how do they withstand salt?
Thats the real beauty of Ginkgo. They are planted in urban areas and along streetes specifically because they can withstand just about anything. If they survived WWll, I don't think a little salt will bother them :-)
The first real ginkgo tree that I ever saw close up was the ginkgos that had been planted all along the streets of downtown Bardstown, KY. It is a really pretty downtown too. They have very nice shops, an old stately library, the court house is in the middle of the square with streets circling around it, lots of very old brick law buildings with ivy growing up the sides, even a couple of very ancient but well taken care of resturants that use to be taverns from way back, and of course it still has a corner drug store with a soda fountain.
The trees survived to my amazement for they had concrete encircling them. That is where I learned to appreciate their yellow fall color.
I was back there a few years ago and I think they had to take them out, they had grown too large!
