Persimmon flowers!
First year for our tree to have flowers (bought it for DW as a gift several years ago)! I had no idea they were so 'different' looking.
Isn't it cool the way they are "round" but yet also "square"? Nice way how the petals fold back like that, eh?
I better go see if there is a persimmon entry in the Plants Database.
What a charming lil flower shoe =)
Yes it is pretty and cute little flowers.
wowzerz-how cool are those!
Today I see little tiny fruits on them! (I was nearly disappointed that there were no more flowers to ooh and ahhh over!)
Anyone know how long b4 we get to pick persimmons?
Anyone know what they look like. Like a pomagrante? I don't know that I have ever seen one. If they are in stores here I just don't recall. So shoe how big is that bush-tree supposed to get? Very special little flower probably would not grow well in my climate. I am owed a pecan tree from a guy I met through business from one of those Carolina girls I thought it would be kind of neat to grow here. Ernie
Ernie...they are usually orangeish and some can be the size of a peach. The variety I have is called "Sheng", an Oriental persimmon.
I can't seem to post a pic so here is a good link to visit:
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC1357.htm
Here is one I found. I cant find any that I took of our Persimmon tree.
Shoe lots of good info on that link thanks. Looks as though it would grow here for a while then zonk. thanks Oh yes found the seed info for window box roma and it is a container tom so in the pot it goes. Ernie
Melissa wow what a pretty thing picture looks good enough to eat right now. I just came off my wonderfull 50 mile commute from work so maybe my hunger motor is still running thanks for the picture. Shoes link says the trees get around 40 feet how high is yours and is it a heavy bearer or light. Ha ha I want one and as usual what I want won't survive here. Ernie
Ours came with the farm, we only found it about 4 years ago. I can't take the tape measure out, but it's at least 40 feet tall, if not taller!
I don't like the fruit myself... I made some jelly with the fruit I collected the year we found it, and no one liked it...The deer certainly do like them though.
They sell persimmons in the store here, and I've thought of picking a few up a time or two just to see if I liked them any better. :-)
Since Shoe is a zone ahead of me, I'm going to have to walk over and see if it's blooming... those blossoms are gorgeous!
Melissa according to the material I read in shoes link your tree must be native rather than orential and is full grown . The orentila frut is supposed to be better tasting.
I just don't understand how anything that pretty cant taste the way it looks. There are some wild black berries here that are large and so black and shinyand georgeous they are very prolfic and to me watery and tasteless. Some people do pick them for pies and jam that is full of sugar. Ernie
I think my tree is only 3 years old now and is about 8 ft tall. This is its first year bearing and it looks like it's gonna have quite a few fruit on it! Yay!
Ernie, I think you could do quite well w/one where you are...does it get below 10 degrees there?
Yay...I got another pic posted! Here is the next stage of the fruit growth. Aren't they cute! Reminds me of those little cabbage patch dolls!
shoe not normaly of late, it did in the fifties and sixties but its been a long time since and when it happens it is of short duration. Maybe with a fair mulch and wrapping the lower trunk it may make it but do you think it will fruit? My growing season is less than yours.
Yours must be an oriential type guessing from reading the link you provided. Ernie
Yep....it is one of the Oriental types. "Sheng". Can't wait to try the fruit!
Mine is planted fairly close to the greenhouse and I'm sure that helps protect it from some of the winds we have here, including the Winter winds.
I'm sure it's a native. I'm sure that the sisters we bought the farm from didn't plant it here.... it's out in the woods far from the house and barns. We also have an old peach tree that I've never been able to identify, white flesh, small fruit, but some of the best tasting peaches I've ever had. It has also reseeded itself since we had a good bit of land cleared out around it... hoping the baby trees fruit will be as good as the mother tree. Many have peaches on them this year, hoping I can get to them before the cows do!! We have a Pawpaw tree out in the woods as well, and we rarely ever get fruit from it either, the deer enjoy it though.
We also have wild pear trees with good tasting fruit on them, but the persimmon is by far the largest fruit tree on the property second is the Mulberry. :-)
Melissa deer fatened on paw paws should make great summer sausage lol Ernie envious of your peach tree. Peaches grew ok here fifty years ago and there were even a couple of commerical orchards but the old trees died out and the new varieties are tough to grow without getting the leaf curl. There are a handful of folks growing so called bred for this climate that stay armed with a sprayer that get lucky once in a while.
Is mulberry the tree that some say plant with your cherry trees so the birds will eat them instead of the cherries?.
Shoe won't close to the gh cause shade problems? coarse it seems so hot where you live maybe shade works to your advantage. I planted a little pie cherry tree for Linda then build my gh a few years later now that tree shades me in the evening grrr. I suggested we cut it down and she suggested I get real aquainted with the golden arches and motel 6 so I quess that was a little hint. Ernie
"I suggested we cut it down and she suggested I get real aquainted with the golden arches and motel 6 so I quess that was a little hint. Ernie"
HAH! I like that woman! Great sentence to remember!
My persimmon is planted about 35 feet from the g-house and is protected from the prevailing winds. It can grow happily there and if it gets 30 feet tall it will only block a bit of the early morning sun (the g-house faces south-southeast).
I don't know about the Mulberry Ernie, Birds still get my cherries!
Melissa would you believe the guy that told me that just happened to have lots of mullberry for sale. One yearI get lots of sweet cherries the next several years the birds get most of them. Starlings agggh I try to spray them with winchester xxx lead but leave the robins eat all they want. Ernie
PS starlings are awful they kick the other birds eggs and babies out on the ground and take their nest
Hi Ernie, You can have our starlings too! We've had orioles and goldfinch and housefinch in the hedge every day this week!
Laura I already have your starlings they came from east to west.Nite Ernie
Shoe,I'm envious. Persimmons are a real treat whether the little oriental ones you can eat like an apple even when they are hard, or the wonderful big daddies that are so astringent till they are mushy and sweet. Mom used to make persimmon cookies when we were in California. Hope they do really well for you in NC.
balvenie...I check them every few days. They sure are taking their time gaining in size! However, I know I'll not pick a one till the frost hits 'em! (I'm just hoping the squirrels don't take a liking to them!)
Persimmon cookies? Hmmm....sounds like you better fetch that recipe!
Comfort food..... YUM!!!
http://www.ebfarm.com/recipes/recipe_pam/PersimmonCake.html
Will have to remember that link, daisy. Thanks.
And thanks to balvenie for the cookie recipe! Am looking forward to Fall!
Hi Shoe, just found this thread having put a tree in the ID forum
http://davesgarden.com/t/437820/
I'm SO looking forward to watching them ripen (with my fingers crossed) I don't know which variety they are, or if they are the oriental or other type even.
I'm also lucky enough to have inherited 2 mulberry trees and a quince, apart from apples, plums, pears, cherries, figs, apricots, hazel and almonds :)
Howdy Philomel...
Guess you're settling in pretty good there now, eh? I imagine you're having the time of your life!!
Went to your link...those flowers really get your attention, don't they!
Sounds like you have quite an orchard going. Bigtime congrats!
Yes, it's really gorgeous here and very enjoyable
I'm thrilled to have so many lovely things already in the garden
We're so lucky
