Ginkgo biloba de Toul - arbre remarquable de France

Ginkgo Biloba is naturalized in southeast China, in the Tianmushan Mountains.

The Toul Ginkgo Biloba is said to have been brought back by Henri de Rigny, who was born in Toul in 1782 and died in 1835. Admiral de Rigny was created a count and appointed maritime prefect in Toulon in 1829.
In the Annales de la Société d'Horticulture de Paris of 1834, a certain Monsieur Robert, director of the Navy garden in Toulon, reports that he owned a ginkgo biloba measuring "3 feet 6 inches 4 lines" (107.7 cm) in circumference, "at man's height and 58 feet in elevation" (17.68 meters), in October 1831. According to the document, the tree was planted in 1804.
Admiral de Rigny is said to have brought a cutting or seedling of the Toulon tree back to Toul.

At a ceremony held on June 07, 2015, the Toul ginkgo became the 375th "Remarkable Tree" to be labeled in France.
Reaching a height of 21.84 meters at the time of its labeling, the Toul ginkgo delights with its shimmering colors around mid-November, depending on seasonal temperatures. Its typical golden foliage was a source of inspiration for Art Nouveau artists, notably the École de Nancy. Inspiration that is still sometimes found in Daum productions.