Lassee Edible Landscape

KAKIS / PERSIMMONS
(Diospyros kaki / Diospyros virginiana / Diospyros kaki x virginiana)

Varieties:

'Koshu Hyakume'/Cangzhou (D. kaki), 'Nikita's gift' (D. kaki x virginiana), Frost resistant up to -23 °C, ,SAA Pieper' (D. virginiana) up to -34°C. Harvest before the first frost!

Mature easily - edible and sweet only when soft as butter!


Growth habit and height:

Tree, Diospyros kaki up to 10 m. Keep short by pruning.


Location

Full sun, protected area - no waterlogging.


Uses

Kakis mature successively until the end of February. Fresh consumption, jam, dried fruit.