Persimmon trees produce some of the most gorgeous fruit, putting on a show toward the end of autumn when the rest of our shrubberies, flowers, and landscaping has started to fade. If you want to ...

The native persimmon is a durable and pest-resistant tree that has a very narrow, upright form, even when grown in an open, sunny site. The bark becomes decorative with age, forming blocks framed ...

Persimmon fruit vary in their size, shape, color and fruit texture, so, when buying a persimmon tree, keep this in mind to fit your preferences.

The oriental persimmon is a beautiful, small to mid size, deciduous, ornamental, shade and fruit tree. Originally from China, it arrived here in the late 1800’s.

Persimmons are said to grow in zones 7-10, and Red Bluff is usually considered to be in zone 9, so that worked. The trees are fairly drought tolerant, and like well-drained soil, so that worked, too.

You don’t have to spend more than a year or two in Sonoma County before you’re rewarded with a unique sight.Some late autumn morning, after the brightly colored leaves have fallen from someone’s ...

At Papaya Tree Nursery in Granada Hills, you can select from five papaya varieties, including several dwarf types. To schedule a visit, call 818-363-3680.

Such dried persimmons, hoshigaki, were once a major food source and sweetener in Japan, since sugar cane and sugar beet were not grown there. Almost every Japanese garden had its persimmon tree ...

Question: We are growing a persimmon tree that is about 12 feet tall with a central shoot. Do we prune back the shoot in the top? Answer: Reduce the height of the central leader about 2 feet to enc… ...

The old persimmon tree in our back garden was here when we bought the house. Every spring, some of the small green fruit fall to the ground and inevitably I step on them and make a big mushy mess.

The persimmons are falling off my persimmon tree. Now some of the leaves are falling off. I applied Southern Gro Fertilizer 13-6-6 on March 1. The tree is mulched with a thin layer of pine bark.