American Persimmon [Diospyros virginiana]
HEIGHT: ‘30'-80'
BLOOM TIME: May-Jun
FRUIT TIME: Oct-Dec
SOIL MOISTURE: medium
SUN EXPOSURE: full, partial
NOTES: Attractive foliage year-round, but stunning yellow, orange, and red in the fall. Latin name means "fruit of the gods." Can begin fruiting in year 4 from seed. Need two or more for best fruit set. Beware of chalkmouth—the fruit is extremely astringent when unripe so wait til fruit is slightly mushy to eat, usually after the first frost. Eat fresh or use them to make delicious Persimmon bread, pudding, syrup, or cookies. Smaller and paler than the Asian persimmons found in grocery stores. Deep taproot, colony forming.
Ozark and Appalachian folklore on Persimmon seeds as weather predictors.
Our Persimmons are grown in 10” Deepots.
HEIGHT: ‘30'-80'
BLOOM TIME: May-Jun
FRUIT TIME: Oct-Dec
SOIL MOISTURE: medium
SUN EXPOSURE: full, partial
NOTES: Attractive foliage year-round, but stunning yellow, orange, and red in the fall. Latin name means "fruit of the gods." Can begin fruiting in year 4 from seed. Need two or more for best fruit set. Beware of chalkmouth—the fruit is extremely astringent when unripe so wait til fruit is slightly mushy to eat, usually after the first frost. Eat fresh or use them to make delicious Persimmon bread, pudding, syrup, or cookies. Smaller and paler than the Asian persimmons found in grocery stores. Deep taproot, colony forming.
Ozark and Appalachian folklore on Persimmon seeds as weather predictors.
Our Persimmons are grown in 10” Deepots.
HEIGHT: ‘30'-80'
BLOOM TIME: May-Jun
FRUIT TIME: Oct-Dec
SOIL MOISTURE: medium
SUN EXPOSURE: full, partial
NOTES: Attractive foliage year-round, but stunning yellow, orange, and red in the fall. Latin name means "fruit of the gods." Can begin fruiting in year 4 from seed. Need two or more for best fruit set. Beware of chalkmouth—the fruit is extremely astringent when unripe so wait til fruit is slightly mushy to eat, usually after the first frost. Eat fresh or use them to make delicious Persimmon bread, pudding, syrup, or cookies. Smaller and paler than the Asian persimmons found in grocery stores. Deep taproot, colony forming.
Ozark and Appalachian folklore on Persimmon seeds as weather predictors.
Our Persimmons are grown in 10” Deepots.
Photo Credit: Katja Schulz, Craig Hensley, Ben Sims on iNaturalist, (c) Zach Long
https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/2639282