Picking a Persimmon Tree. March 5, ... A Our native persimmon is beautifully adapted to your conditions and is perfectly hardy, or you could find a Japanese persimmon variety that would work. ...

A traditional Japanese preparation of persimmons called hoshigaki is starting to trend in the U.S. thanks to social media. It turns ordinary persimmons into the Kobe beef of fruits.

Asian persimmon trees, on the other hand, are self-pollinating and don’t require more than one tree to bear fruit. However, Asian and American trees cannot cross-pollinate, ...

When farmers from Japan settled in California more than 100 years ago, they brought Japanese persimmons, with their bright, shiny skins and sweet interiors. Some Americans almost immediately ...

Japanese persimmons are easy trees to grow and do not need much coddling. When I say persimmon tree, most people have an instant reaction of an uncontrollable puckering.

Asian persimmons are thought to have reached these shores with Commodore Matthew Perry, who set sail for Japan in 1853. He returned to the United States with a treaty and -- felicitously for fruit ...

Asian persimmons (Diospyros kaki) are eye-popping small ornamental trees. They have wonderful yellow and orange fall colors and produce copious quantities of large orange fruit that hang on the tree ...

We're also here for all the fall fruit. Apples and pears may get a lot of love this time of year, but there's another seasonal treat that you shouldn't overlook: persimmons. The orange fruit comes ...

I recently moved here from Minnesota and noticed some tall trees in Druid Hill Park with deep checkered bark and green fruits. Someone told me they are persimmon trees. When should they be harvested?

My favorite tree is dead. A 35-year-old Japanese persimmon, given to me by my father, had to be cut down in July. I mention this not because I want your sympathy, but because death was unique.

Now that it's finally starting to feel like autumn and there's a chill in the air, we're in full fall mode. Tomato girl summer definitely had a moment, but it's about to be granola girl fall, and ...