Beautiful and Tasty Fall Planting-Persimmon Tree

There are so many reasons to consider planting a persimmon tree. First of all, it is a beautiful thing. The leaves look pretty all Spring and Summer and when the landscape is beginning to look bleak and the leaves are falling, it bears bright orange fruit that are great to eat and look like gorgeous ornaments. In fact, they need that first frost to ripen past their tart, lip-puckering stage.
The persimmon tree adapts well to various soils and is almost drought tolerant once established, which is why they are right at home in California. An easy-care tree, it doesn’t have many enemies, and requires little trimming, mostly to keep the branches from crossing.
There are mainly two types of fruits, the firm Fuyu type, that is eaten like an apple or sliced thinly and included in an Autumn green salad. The soft Hachiya type, which is used in baking, needs to be almost jelly-like when ripe. There is nothing like persimmon breads or cookies which are soft and sweet. I love walnuts in mine.