Asian persimmon (Diospyros kaki)

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Asian persimmon

Diospyros kaki

A deciduous Eastern-Asian fruit tree with a rounded, spreading crown that the Missouri Botanical Garden lists at 20-30 feet tall and wide. Oval leaves emerge yellowish-green, mature to glossy green, and turn gold to red in fall; fragrant but insignificant late-spring flowers give way to showy orange persimmons (3-4 inches) that ripen in late fall and may persist on bare branches into winter. Winter hardy to USDA Zones 7-10 and drought tolerant once established.

Review: Source-backed

Climate fit: narrow (38/100)

Focal point

Structure

Edible

Light

Full sun

Water

Moderate water

Mature size

240-360" tall · 240" apart

Hardy in zones

7a-10b

cold to mild winters

Summer heat range

Warm-Extreme

warm to extreme summers Interim Plotwright tier until the plant AHS range is authored.

Native in Illinois

The Missouri Botanical Garden gives a native range of Eastern Asia and notes the species is drought tolerant with a somewhat wide range of soil tolerance; it is not native to North America and is grown here as a cultivated ornamental fruit tree.

Climate notes

Cold hardiness

Now

Zone 6b

USDA

Chicago, IL · 1991-2020 average annual coldest day

Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer

Won't grow here

2050

Zone 7b

Plotwright

Your zone + climate-model shift · SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry)