Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)

from $8.00

Native fruit-bearing tree that provides valuable forage for wildlife in the winter months. Fruit is edible!

  • Height: up to 40 ft with smaller canopy

  • Sun: shade to full sun

  • Soil moisture: medium to moist

  • Ecology: fruit valuable for foraging mammals including possums and raccoons

  • Other notes: Bare root trees are sold after first year of growth during the winter dormancy period (Nov-March). Both male and female trees required to create fruit.

Photo credit: Gus Barksdale @okieflora

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Native fruit-bearing tree that provides valuable forage for wildlife in the winter months. Fruit is edible!

  • Height: up to 40 ft with smaller canopy

  • Sun: shade to full sun

  • Soil moisture: medium to moist

  • Ecology: fruit valuable for foraging mammals including possums and raccoons

  • Other notes: Bare root trees are sold after first year of growth during the winter dormancy period (Nov-March). Both male and female trees required to create fruit.

Photo credit: Gus Barksdale @okieflora