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Birds are not ick. Love birds. Persimmons are ick. Try to eat one sometime. Or step in a rotting one. The nasty jelly is nasty, maybe not quite ick. Persimmon muffins are not bad, but they have nothing on blueberry muffins.
i have tried to eat them, actually the first one i ate was green. it was hell. oh and i've stepped in the rotting ones too, oh and they sprout little babies EVERYWHERE in the yard, but i still love em
dont know if persimmons do well in the hot/cold desert of las vegas.....but I was always afraid if ya had a persimmon tree you'd be innundated with Koala Bears
American Persimmon is common across all of the eastern US, more so in the south. You will need one that is cold hardy in Iowa. Check out Oikos, they're located in MI, so theirs should work for you. You will also need a male and a female to produce fruit. You'd need to plant several trees to ensure you get both sexes. I do have an Asian persimmon known as "Fuyu", but I doubt Asian persimmons would survive the cold of Iowa.
http://oikostreecrops.com/store/product.asp?numRecordPosition=1&P_ID=307&strPageHi story=cat&strKeywords=&SearchFor=&PT_ID=117 (broken link)
Did you check out this resource, Metro? Not sure why the info would be different than what's on Arbor Day site, though.
I'm goin' to look for my fav. tree (which is the Staghorn Sumac); perhaps it will grow in my new climate. Lol, would have to get permission probably to plant one, unless it could go in a container. THEN, one has to moniter the watering situation more carefully than when it's in the ground.
Did you check out this resource, Metro? Not sure why the info would be different than what's on Arbor Day site, though.
I'm goin' to look for my fav. tree (which is the Staghorn Sumac); perhaps it will grow in my new climate. Lol, would have to get permission probably to plant one, unless it could go in a container. THEN, one has to moniter the watering situation more carefully than when it's in the ground.
My three favorite trees are the Eastern White Pine, Norway Spruce, and Paper Birch. I have found that these trees do well if you plant them on the north side of the house. The less intense solar radiation/heat leads to good growing conditions and damp soil.
Did you check out this resource, Metro? Not sure why the info would be different than what's on Arbor Day site, though.
I'm goin' to look for my fav. tree (which is the Staghorn Sumac); perhaps it will grow in my new climate. Lol, would have to get permission probably to plant one, unless it could go in a container. THEN, one has to moniter the watering situation more carefully than when it's in the ground.
Yes!!! I did the day after you gave me the link, it ends up they don't sell it nor do they have a tree profile for it. I emailed the admins and asked them why, they said this isn't a very common tree that is asked for but gave were happy to refer me to a place where I could get them. It's a great site non-the-less though!
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