Persimmon trees produce some of the most gorgeous fruit, putting on a show toward the end of autumn when the rest of our shrubberies, flowers, and landscaping has started to fade. If you want to add ...

Growing on the south side of MU’s Lefevre Hall is a grouping of three trees that, at eye level, exhibit unique, nearly black bark arranged in a blocky mosaic that has been likened to alligator skin.

Tucked between the back of Davis Library and a cluster of ATMs and out of the way of most student traffic grows one of UNC’s unfrequented herbalogical wonders. It’s a lanky but well-established tree ...

Many years ago, while browsing in the New York Botanical Garden's library, I discovered that institution’s collection of antique nursery catalogs. Talk about going down a rabbit hole! It was weeks ...

“The [American] persimmon tree has received more criticism, both adverse and favorable, than almost any known species,” stated a U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulletin of 1915. The bad ...

If you were offered fruit with the nickname “divine fruit” or “fruit of the gods,” would you try it? It sounds delicious, right? The scientific genus name of one of our native Indiana trees, Diospyros ...

A gardener harvests a persimmon from a tree. - Emilija Manevska/Getty Images The American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) tree is a great addition to an edible landscape. Its fall colors and ...

If you’re looking for low-maintenance fruit trees that are also native to Pennsylvania, look no further than Diospyros virginiana, the American persimmon. While this underappreciated fruit tree ...