To: breen@fedcoseeds.com, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Subject: [NAFEX] potted fruit plant - princess persimmon?
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:15:05 -0600
Princess persimmon - Diospyros rhombifolia, maybe?
It's a favorite of the bonsaists, but they're not necessarily going for
fruit production.
However, I'm presuming it is dioeicious, and you'd have to have both a male
and female to get fruit production.
I've got a couple from a friend who does bonsai in addition to fruiting
plants, but they're clones of one another, so I probably won't get fruit
without getting my mitts on another one - and I don't know if I've got a
male or female.
I've also seen varying opinions about their winter-hardiness outdoors -
some say zone 6, some say zone 9 - that's a HUGE disparity. Mine are
indoors for the winter.
Lucky Pittman
USDA Cold Zone 6
AHS Heat Zone 7
Hopkinsville, KY