Diospyros virginiana AMERICAN PERSIMMON DECIDUOUS BROADLEAF
FULL SUN
NON-NATIVE
HIGH DROUGHT TOLERANCE
H: 50FT W: 25FT
The American persimmon is Native to the Eastern and Central United States. produces fragrant flowers in spring to early summer. Diospyros , the genus for persimmons, translates from Greek as "fruit of the gods" or "divine fruit." To produce fruit, the small, fragrant, greenish blossoms on a female tree must be pollinated by a nearby male, so both are needed for a good harvest. Its flowers develop into glowing, orange fruit after a frost and can persist on bare branches through the winter. This species thrives in hot, dry, or poor soils and tolerates wind and urban conditions.
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