Persimmon is an orange, tomato-shaped fruit that has a sweet taste similar to a cantaloupe. Often growing on smaller trees, some persimmon varieties are ideal for yards with limited space. However ...

Q: We have a single ‘Fuyu’ persimmon tree in our yard that we love and probably baby way too much. In an effort to keep it from growing too tall to harvest, we heeded the advice of one of your ...

Q. I am interested in planting a persimmon tree in my yard. What are the different types and what do they need to grow well? I am in Riverside County, USDA zone 9b.

At Long Creek, the 25-acre homestead in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, near Frederick, Md., that Mr. Judd shares with his wife and two young children, he is growing more than 30 pawpaw ...

He said it’s one of the few fruits that can grow pretty easily here in the Brazos Valley. “The quality of these is really good,” he said. “Compared to the wild persimmon, these are very large.

No. 19 on Mizzou Botanic Garden’s Memorial Union Tree Trail, the bark of the American persimmon, Diospyros virginiana, makes this easy to grow, 30- to 60-foot-tall native tree easily identifiable.

Growing up in the Midwest, ... All three persimmon trees attract a range of insects, birds and mammals and I see this in my own yard with the two species I grow.