Height: 30-80 feet
Spread: 20-35 feet
Hardiness Zones: 4-9
Full sun
The American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) is an attractive native tree that requires very little maintenance when planted in appropriate sites. One of the uses for American persimmons is as ornamental trees, given their colorful fruit and intensely green, leathery leaves that turn purple in the fall. However, most American persimmon cultivation is for the fruit.