Persimmon trees are a top wildlife attractor and because they tend to ripen during archery season, they’re a major plus for bow hunters. Gun hunters, however, don’t have the advantage of this mast ...

Grafting is a technique used to facilitate new plant growth. It involves attaching part of a plant or tree, called a scion, onto to another branch, called a rootstock. Grafting fruit trees has been in ...

In Sunday's edition of The Clarion-Ledger Outdoors, Mark Cooper talked about the advantages of grafting oriental varieties of persimmons onto native, established persimmon trees. To read the story, ...

A gardener harvests a persimmon from a tree. - Emilija Manevska/Getty Images The American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) tree is a great addition to an edible landscape. Its fall colors and ...

Q: Last winter, I grafted seven groups of scions: pear, apricot and persimmons, onto my quince tree in North Oakland. Two pear varieties, a French butter pear and a Bartlett, succeeded. The remaining ...

Not long ago, while walking down Bethlehem Road in Jerusalem, I spotted a tree unlike any I had ever seen before. It had both pink and red flowers which, upon closer examination, belonged to the same ...

If you are seeking a medium-sized shade tree, around 30 feet tall with a 30-foot spread, possessing unusually ornamental and gustatory qualities, consider the persimmon (Diospyros kaki). Although its ...

My favorite tree is dead. A 35-year-old Japanese persimmon, given to me by my father, had to be cut down in July. I mention this not because I want your sympathy, but because death was unique. For the ...