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
  • Persimmon

Comments:
  • Posted by BonnieC3 on Mar 6, 2015 8:51 AM concerning plant:
    So what happened to 'Caramel Cocktail' and its pollinator 'Sugar Daddy'? It won awards, and then disappeared. I've searched to be able to purchase these, and they are nowhere to be found....

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