Texas Persimmon
Diospyros texanaTexas Persimmon is a small tree native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 12–20 ft tall and 8–12 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and very low water, and handles caliche soil. Blooms white and green in Feb–Apr. Good for birds and butterflies.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsMulti-trunked small tree with smooth gray peeling bark that is the real ornamental feature. Female plants carry black fruit in late summer.
Why it works here
Sculptural year-round interest, thrives on rock, and the fruit is heavily used by birds and mammals.
Watch out
Fruit stains concrete and cars — keep it away from driveways and patios.
The facts
6 sources- Type
- Small tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Very low
- Height
- 12–20 ft
- Spread
- 8–12 ft
- Bloom
- Feb–Apr · white, green
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Soil
- Takes caliche · recorded on dry, limestone, rocky, shallow
- Deer
- Moderate — deer may browse it, especially new growth. Fruit taken; foliage largely ignored
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
7,817 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.