COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - If you’re looking for a new fruit tree to grow at home, consider a persimmon tree. “Most people are familiar with persimmons but they only know the wild persimmons,” ...
After the leaves of the persimmon tree fall in autumn, much of the fruit still clings to the branches through November. The first time I plucked a persimmon from a tree and took a bite, I was ...
A tall tree with a champion’s title stands on the western bank of the Dismal Swamp Canal. Way up high in the tree’s top, orange-colored persimmons grow. “They’re a little hard to see because it’s so ...
Persimmon trees produce some of the most gorgeous fruit, putting on a show toward the end of autumn when the rest of our shrubberies, flowers, and landscaping has started to fade. If you want to add ...
You don’t have to spend more than a year or two in Sonoma County before you’re rewarded with a unique sight. Some late autumn morning, after the brightly colored leaves have fallen from someone’s ...
Many years ago, while browsing in the New York Botanical Garden's library, I discovered that institution’s collection of antique nursery catalogs. Talk about going down a rabbit hole! It was weeks ...
Though it may seem like a daunting task, there are plenty of fruit trees that even a beginner gardener can grow in their yard. Beyond free food, planting a fruit tree in your yard helps to reduce your ...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - If you’re looking for a fruit tree option to plant, experts suggests a persimmon tree. “Besides maybe jujube this is really the easiest popular fruit to grow and yeah, ...