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Diospyros kaki 'Miss Kim'


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Diospyros 'Miss Kim' is early-ripening with good crops of delicious persimmons eaten when soft like a tomato from compact, weeping trees with deep red fall colour.


Description:
Diospyros kaki 'Miss Kim' is early-ripening producing good crops of large, round, sweet and flavourful, reddish orange fruit that is ready to eat when soft and tender like a ripe tomato. It is also a very attractive compact tree with a weeping habit and long, tropical-looking foliage that turns deep red in fall. Persimmons are one of the most popular fruits in Asia and treasured for fresh eating or desserts. Self-fertile.


Common Name: Persimmon

Family: Ebenaceae (The Ebony Family)

Zone Hardiness: 7-10

Light: Full Sun

Height: 10-15'

Width: 8-10'

Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream

Secondary Bloom Colour:

Class: Deciduous

Type: Shrub

Bloom Time: Summer

Soil Moisture: Average

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: No

Berries: Yes

Berries: Orange

Benefits:

Deer Resistant: Unknown

BC Native: No

Native Habitat: Primary or secondary forests or in scrub, often in mountains.

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Geogrpahical Origin: Asia and the Pacific - Asia - China and Japan

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