Q:I’M inquiring about the availability of dwarf persimmons. A friend has a small yard, and a dwarf tree would be the ideal size. A: There are many different types of dwarf fruit trees, but I’m not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Persimmon trees produce some of the most gorgeous fruit, putting on a show toward the end of autumn when the rest of our ...

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?

After a long, hot Texas summer, autumn brings cool nights, mild days, and Japanese persimmons. Unlike the wild persimmons that many people recall eating in the woods, cultivated Japanese persimmons ...

Tucked between the back of Davis Library and a cluster of ATMs and out of the way of most student traffic grows one of UNC’s unfrequented herbalogical wonders. It’s a lanky but well-established tree ...

The American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) tree is a great addition to an edible landscape. Its fall colors and long-lasting fruit add tons of ornamental value. Because the fruit is best eaten when ...

You don’t need a sprawling orchard or years of gardening experience to grow certain types of fruit trees. Many of the most common types of fruit sold at the grocery store are relatively easy to grow ...

Food is always on our minds in the fall, so this is a perfect time to plant a tree that will provide both height, mass and shade in the landscape while serving up delicious and nutritious treats for ...

Each autumn, as leaves fall to the ground, persimmon trees emerge from the graying landscape, their orange and red fruits gleaming like gaudy Christmas ornaments. Beloved in eastern Asia — especially ...