PERSIMMON 'Texas' --Diospyros texana-- Nuts and re-leafs quickly in the

and re-leafs quickly in the spring

Must be protected from frost

everything on the market is grafted including the ’indian peach’

Adenium sap has been used as arrow poison for hunting large game throughout Africa (cardiac glycosides)

New shoots and culms are often reddish

PERSIMMON 'Texas' --Diospyros texana-- Nuts and re-leafs quickly in theHardy native fruit tree with small, dark purple black fruits that are delicious in puddings and custards, should be cooked to reduce astringency. Native tribes used it to make black dye. Inner heartwood of very large trees is a gorgeous ebony that takes a fine polish. Compact, intricately branching, and drought tolerant, good also as an ornamental. Birds and small mammals love the fruit. LSN grows this native plant from wild harvested and hardy seeds.