Autumn Gold GinkgoGrown for its AWESOME golden yellow fall foliage color! Leaves drop in winter after several weeks of color and return early the following spring. 'Autumn Gold' is a male ginkgo It is preferable to purchase a male ginkgo as female ginkgos produce a smelly fruit The only good thing being they don't fruit until they reach 25 years or older! Ginkgos are one of the very oldest trees in the world, recorded in early biblical history.