Common Persimmon
Diospyros virginiananative · Hill Country
Common Persimmon is a tree native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 15–80 ft tall and 35 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow in late spring. Good for birds.
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The facts
6 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (5–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 15–80 ft
- Spread
- 35 ft
- Bloom
- Late Spring · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on calcareous, clay, loam, moist, rich, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut Plain
210 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.