Three of these Ginkgo are in containers outside the town hall where I live. They grow more urpright than the plain species and the internodes are shorter I think. I don't think they're 'Menhir" because the branches are not so upwaed. Maybe 'Obelisk" ? Any idea ? I gathered fruit (very stinky). Had a 2 to 3 success with the ones I gathered last autumn from a female tree of the plain species.
Any reason to believe they are any named cultivar at all? The growth, in particular the short internodes, could well be due to being so cruelly cramped in a tiny box. In general, nurseries avoid selling known female clones, due to the sarcotesta aroma (!). I'm not personally aware of any named female cultivars. 'Menhir' is cited as male, and 'Obelisk' is also male (see pic 2 here).
Hmm... Thanks for your input, but my first thought was that they chose a variety suite to containers. For instance, I saw one that could fit the description,‘Golden Girl’ : https://www.jardin-florilege.eu/en/blog/ginkgo-biloba-40-varieties-22 "Very nice selection with well-defined leaves and a very light green hue. They are regularly drooping, bringing an elegant touch. Its growth is slow and regular." On "Mr Maples"' site: "GINKGO BILOBA 'GOLDEN GIRL' RARE TALL FRUITING GINKGO TREE FOR SALE" So there must be "fruiting" varieties... I have a potted one, the plain species. though it's much younger, the internodes are longer, the branches more horizontal And I think they're slightly bigger. It's actually the air-layered top of the one I grow as bonsaï : I also have 'Saratoga', with more slender laeves, and more columnar than the type, and 'Jehoshaphat' - or ‘Jeosaphat’, a dwarf variety :
