General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: To 40 feet
Plant Spread: To 30 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: This variety has medium to large size, firm-textured fruit that is sweet and mild, not bitter. Fruit keeps well for several weeks, heat tolerant, ripens in September-November; tree is a heavy producer. The fruit is seedless and is excellent for fresh eat
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Other: Female flowers are cream colored & single, male flowers are pink tinged & borne in threes.
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Japanese Persimmon
  • Kaki
  • Oriental Persimmon
  • Sharon Fruit
  • Persimmon
Also sold as:
  • Fuyugaki
  • Fuyū

Photo Gallery
Location: Greece, Kalavryta
Date: 2017-10-19
lotus fruit
Location: Arenas Valley, NM My Kitchen
Date: 2017-12-10

Date: 2018-11-14
Location: Arenas Valley, NM My Kitchen
Date: 2017-12-10
Location: Blenheim New Zealand
Date: 2018-06-14
wish this tree was mine !

Our second harvest year brings color and joy and a satiated tummy
Location: My property Sunset  Zone 23 Sub-tropical Southern California
Date: 2011-11-09

taken with my cell phone at a nursery
Location: Kyle, Texas
Date: 2017-11-10
Fall brings pretty persimmon leaves and, if you're lucky, persimm
Location: Banff, Canada | July, 2022
Date: 2022-07-31
Location: Kyle
Date: 2018-07-11
delicious fruit

Date: 2005-11-13
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.

Date: 2012-11-19

Date: 2012-12-07

Date: 2012-12-07
Location: Fairfax, VA| June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-18
Location: Kyle, TX
Date: 2020-04-06
Location: Kyle
Date: 2018-07-11
The only trick to this tree is protecting the fruit from critters
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2015-11-04
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.

Date: 2012-11-19
Location: Mirpur (Azad Kashmir)
Date: 2012-08-19

Date: 2012-08-19
Location: Austin ,TX
Date: 2013-11-16
Comments:
  • Posted by plantmanager (New Mexico - Zone 8a) on Feb 18, 2018 6:25 PM concerning plant:
    I recently was gifted a bushel basket of ripe Fuyu Persimmons. They were excellent eaten raw. I later cut them in thin slices and used my dehydrator to make Persimmon chips. They turned out perfectly, and are delicious! I also made a Persimmon Syrup to use for pancakes. That was good, but we still like our old Maple syrup and Coconut syrups the best.
  • Posted by LoriMT (Dawsonville, GA - Zone 8a) on Oct 23, 2023 6:39 AM concerning plant:
    I just planted a 7-gallon Fuyu Persimmon tree in my zone 7b north Georgia garden. I want to grow this tree for its spring flowers and fall leaf color, but mostly for the bright orange fruit which ripen in late fall after the leaves have fallen. In the process of planting, I learned that the roots of persimmon trees are naturally black. As well, Fuyu Persimmons are grafted onto American Persimmon root stock, and sometimes the black color will extend several inches up the trunk, as is the case with my tree. This is normal and not a symptom of a problem. Finally, I've learned that oriental persimmon trees will bloom after 5 years, but they will not begin bearing fruit for another 2 years.
Plant Events from our members
LlamaLlori On May 31, 2015 Fruit Ripened
Really set lots of fruit this year!
flaflwrgrl On November 4, 2015 Obtained plant
From Plant Me Green
AndreA33 On November 25, 2014 Obtained plant
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