Prices start at : 19.99 USD / 2 18-24" plants
Doesn't deserve its puckery reputation! Fruit starts out with a tangy, apricot-like flavor, but develops a rich sweetness after first frost. Plant two for pollination. Tree is lovely enough to be used as an ornamental, with golden fall foliage and attractive...
- Light Required: Full sun.
- Comments: Fruit is tangy and apricot-like. Frost helps flavor. If you pull the fruit from the tree, it is not ripe and will be quite sour to the taste. Foliage turns yellow in the Fall. Tree lives 30 - 80 years. Fruit is somewhat seedy. Prune suckers. Adapted to a wide range of soils and climates. Fruit hangs on tree until mid-Winter. Drought resistant. Hardy to -25 degrees F. Hard, durable wood.
- Depth: Same as in the nursery.
- Spacing: 20 - 30 feet.
- Spread: 20 - 35 feet.
- Botanical Name: Diospyros virginiana 'American'