General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Wind
Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Dioecious

Common names
  • American Persimmon
  • Common Persimmon
  • Eastern Persimmon
  • Date Plum
  • Persimmon

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