Botanical Name: Diospyros virginiana
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Common Name: Common Persimmon  
Plant photo of: Diospyros virginiana
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Water Saving Tip:

Apply as little fertilizer as possible.

If you use fertilizer make sure it stays on the landscape, and carefully water it in so there is NO runoff.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree

 

Height Range

12-25', 25-40', 40-60'

 

Flower Color

Yellow

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

Grey

 

Fruit Color

Orange

 

Fruit Season

Fall

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Sandra Chipley

  • Description

  • Notes

This American native is grown as a shrubby tree or, in time, large tree, growing from 15 to 50 feet tall and 20 to 35 feetwide. It has an upright and spreading habit with somewhat pendulous branches. Leaves are large, oval, and glossy green, turning to shades of yellow and orange in the fall. Bell-shaped yellow flowers appear in mid spring, but are mostly hidden by the foliage. Large, edible, dark orange fruit ripens in the fall, and tastes best after a frost.