Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Rounded, Upright or erect.
Diospyros kaki is a deciduous Tree growing to 12 m by 7 m at a medium rate.
It is hardy to zone 8 and is frost tender. It is in flower from July to August, and the seeds ripen in November. The species is dioecious .. The plant is not self-fertile.
Suitable for: light , medium and heavy soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic soils. It can grow in semi-shade or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
Landscape Uses:Pest tolerant. Prefers a good deep loamy soil in sun or light shade but succeeds in most soils. Dislikes very acid or wet and poorly drained soils. Requires a sheltered position. Dormant plants are quite hardy in Britain, tolerating temperatures down to about -14°c, but they require warmer summers than are normally experienced in Britain in order to ripen their fruit and wood. The young growth in spring, even on mature plants, is frost-tender and so it is best to grow the plants in a position sheltered from the early morning sun. A warm sunny wall improves the chance of producing ripe fruit and trees fruit freely when grown under glass. Fruits are frequently produced outdoors at Kew. A tree seen in a open position with afternoon shade at Kew in November 1993 had about 200 almost ripe fruits around 8cm in diameter. The same tree, after a fairly warm summer in 1996, had a large quantity of fruit just about ready for harvesting in the middle of December. Trees produce a long taproot and should be planted out into their permanent positions as soon as possible. The young trees require some winter protection for their first winter or two. The persimmon is widely cultivated for its edible fruit in warm temperate areas of the world, especially in Japan and China, there are many named varieties. Some cultivars, such as 'Fuyu', lack the usual astringency and can be eaten whilst still firm, though they develop a richer flavour if allowed to become soft. These non-astringent forms require a warmer climate and do not ripen in cooler areas. The astringent cultivars are somewhat hardier and ripen well in cooler climates than the non-astringent forms. The fruit colours better and is sweeter in warmer areas but in hot conditions has a poor texture and deep black spots develop. If allowed to become very ripe , they develop a better flavour than non-astringent forms. Dioecious, but the female tree can produce seedless fruits in the absence of a pollinator. However, unfertilized fruit tends to be smaller and more astringent. This astringency is due to the high content of tannin but once the fruit is fully ripe it loses this astringency and becomes sweet. If fertilized fruit is required, then growing one male for every 8 - 10 females is usually adequate. Special Features:Edible, Not North American native, Inconspicuous flowers or blooms. The plant is heat tolerant in zones 10 through 7. .
At this temperature, many plants begin to suffer physiological damage. Heat Zones range from 1 to 12 .
For example Heat Zone. 11-1 indicates that the plant is heat tolerant in zones 11 through 1.) For polyculture design as well as the above-ground architecture information on the habit and root pattern is also useful and given here if available. The plant growth habit is a standard with a non-suckering single trunk . The root pattern is a tap root similar to a carrot going directly down .
Habitatsit is found in broad leafed woodland but probably as an escape from cultivation.
HabitatsWoodland Garden Secondary
HabitatsSunny Edge
HabitatsWoodland Garden Secondary
HabitatsSunny Edge
Resources
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Major pests
- Bactrocera dorsalis
Cercospora kaki
Ceroplastes japonicus
Colletotrichum coccodes
Drosophila suzukii
Eudocima fullonia
Halyomorpha halys
Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis
Homona magnanima
Mycosphaerella nawae
Parabemisia myricae
Parthenolecanium persicae
Persimmon virus A
Phyllactinia kakicola
Planococcus kraunhiae
Ponticulothrips diospyrosi
Pseudococcus longispinus
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
Scirtothrips dorsalis
Stathmopoda masinissa
Trichodorus
Xylosandrus germanus
Pseudococcus viburni
Xylosandrus crassiusculus
Minor pests
- Aleurocanthus spiniferus
Alternaria alternata
Anastrepha fraterculus
Anastrepha ludens
Anastrepha suspensa
Aromia bungii
Bactrocera jarvisi
Bactrocera neohumeralis
Bactrocera tryoni
Belonolaimus longicaudatus
Botryotinia fuckeliana
Brevipalpus chilensis
Ceratitis capitata
Ceroplastes ceriferus
Ceroplastes destructor
Colomerus vitis
Conotrachelus nenuphar
Cuscuta japonica
Dialeurodes citri
Eutypa lata
Glomerella cingulata
Helicotylenchus pseudorobustus
Hoplolaimus galeatus
Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae
Lobesia botrana
Lopholeucaspis japonica
Maconellicoccus hirsutus
Monilinia fructigena
Orgyia leucostigma
Pantomorus cervinus
Penicillium expansum
Persimmon cryptic virus
Phacidiopycnis washingtonensis
Phytophthora cactorum
Phytophthora citrophthora
Phytoplasma ziziphi
Pinnaspis strachani
Planococcus citri
Pratylenchus loosi
Pseudococcus viburni
Retithrips syriacus
Rhizobium radiobacter
Rhizobium rhizogenes
Rhizopus arrhizus
Selenothrips rubrocinctus
Sesamia nonagrioides
Xylosandrus crassiusculus