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[Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>]

> your tree may have been grafted then the graft failed. Here in 
> Indiana my lotus persimmon seedlings freeze to the ground every 
> winter then spring back up the following summer. Kaki the same.
>
> Jerry Lehman

The graft didn't fail.  The kaki portion is a small tree taller than 
me, perhaps 8 or 9 feet high... The lotus portion is more than twice 
as big.

I will try to remember to look for flowers on the kaki next spring.




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Diane Whitehead  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil