American persimmon trees (Diospyros virginiana) produce gorgeous fall and winter fruit, putting on a show toward the end of ...

Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), a cousin of the magnolia, is absolutely stunning in spring when it's fragrant, ...

Yes, you can grow persimmon trees from seed by following these steps. When I was younger, my grandparents had persimmon trees growing in their small orchard. I rarely noticed these trees or paid ...

A Smith College project to care for ginkgos that survived Hiroshima is not just about the seeds, but the future they hold ...

All three persimmon trees attract a range of insects, birds and mammals and I see this in my own yard with the two species I grow. I know when my Texas persimmons are at optimum ripeness as the ...

From the fence rows of Appalachia to the Ozarks, all through the southern Gulf states and even into the milder, fruit-growing ... wild persimmons in full fruit. A persimmon tree burdened with ...

then you may want to consider making persimmon jam or drying them like figs. We want to help our readers eat sustainably, which includes a diet centered around a biodiverse range of plant-based ...

To ensure a productive tree, nurseries attach part of one tree to another recommended for growing fruit. This is called grafting, allowing you to benefit from the healthy rootstock of one tree and ...

She also found joy in making a persimmon tree grow bigger. Masakatsu planted the tree five years before his death. The tree bore its first fruit in autumn of the year her husband died. The ...

The term espalier refers to the way fruit trees are trained to grow against a wall. It makes the tree easier to prune and the fruit easier to pick. This decorative method was often used ...

MITCHELL, Ind. — Crouching beneath a 40-foot-tall tree in her backyard, Lee Purlee began picking fruit off the ground. As she collected about 100 persimmons, the fruit stained her fingertips orange.

The trees are found all over the islands, including in yards. Ripe persimmons are orange and “sticky sweet” when ripe, “but very astringent if unripe,” according to Will Cook, a plant ...