Product:  Texas Native Persimmon

Scientific Name:  Diospyros texana

Type:  Deciduous 

Full Grown Size:  20-40 feet tall and 15-25 feet spread

Soil condition:  Well-drained, limestone loams, clays, and caliche

Light Requirements:  Sun, Part Shade

USDA Zones:  7-9

Native Texas Persimmon. Texas persimmon are Hardy, long lived, good shade trees.   The common persimmon, used as the root stock for oriental persimmon trees, is widely adapted in Texas. It thrives in sands to bottom land and clay as long as no standing water.