Comments on: Kyoto Fall-Color Preview http://regex.info/blog/2007-09-19/577 Not a photo blog, but sometimes I play one on TV Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:02:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: Cherrylicious http://regex.info/blog/2007-09-19/577#comment-9438 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:51:58 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-09-19/577#comment-9438 Your first image is stunning! A wonderful burst of colour ( I must admit i have a fondness for saturated bright colours). It looks like it's coming out of a Bravia ad. ^.^ I'm very envious of your autumn colours. It's something I miss from Canada. I now live in France and we go from warm summers to grey winters with little or no change (a tiny bit of yellowing but nothing like what I grew up with). This year has been worse because we had such awful weather this summer that we went from bleurgh to bleeeeurgh. It's a good thing you posted these images, they cheered me up. o^.^o Your first image is stunning! A wonderful burst of colour ( I must admit i have a fondness for saturated bright colours). It looks like it’s coming out of a Bravia ad. ^.^
I’m very envious of your autumn colours. It’s something I miss from Canada. I now live in France and we go from warm summers to grey winters with little or no change (a tiny bit of yellowing but nothing like what I grew up with). This year has been worse because we had such awful weather this summer that we went from bleurgh to bleeeeurgh. It’s a good thing you posted these images, they cheered me up. o^.^o

]]> by: Peter http://regex.info/blog/2007-09-19/577#comment-9169 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:34:24 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-09-19/577#comment-9169 Ginkgo is a dioecious tree, meaning each individual bears only male, or only female flowers. In Europe and the USA, I believe that most public authority street plantings use only male clones, because of the stink and mess from the fruits off the female trees. But I know that the kernels of roasted Ginkgo nuts are a popular savoury treat in Japan, so maybe that's why they've planted female trees - as a public service? Also, these trees look to have a usefully narrow crown, so are well-suited to street-planting. Ginkgo is a dioecious tree, meaning each individual bears only male, or only female flowers. In Europe and the USA, I believe that most public authority street plantings use only male clones, because of the stink and mess from the fruits off the female trees.

But I know that the kernels of roasted Ginkgo nuts are a popular savoury treat in Japan, so maybe that’s why they’ve planted female trees - as a public service? Also, these trees look to have a usefully narrow crown, so are well-suited to street-planting.

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