While many edible plants last a single season, or a few years at the most, these trees will keep providing fruit to your family for 100 years or more.

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Here is a list of our favorite blooming trees to enhance your yard with vibrant colors and exotic smells.

Plant options: • Diospyros kaki, Asian persimmon • Diospyros virginiana, American persimmon • Asimina triloba, “paw paw” • Amelanchier canadensis, serviceberry ...

Many gardeners struggle to keep this species from spreading. It can be difficult to control certain cultivars, which can grow up to 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Perhaps one of the easiest ways to grow ...

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It grows 2 feet tall, 3-4 feet wide. Zones 2-7. J. virginiana ‘Grey Owl’ – This introduction, dating all the way back to 1938, features soft, silvery-gray foliage.

This year, I was delighted to see the return of American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) to the tree list. Several years ago, I took home a tiny, 3-foot-tall seedling and it has since grown into ...

American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) turns greenish-yellow in the fall. Grow it in full to part sun in zones 5-9, where it can grow as tall as 100 feet in rich, moist soil (shorter under less ...

And in a native yard, Chapote or Texas Persimmon blends well with Granjero, Spiny Hackberry, Celtis ehrenbergiana, which we have written about previously. All three persimmon trees attract a range ...