Izu Japanese Persimmon Tree – 7 Gallon Pot

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-10b (6b?) Find Your Zone

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The earliest ripening of the Japanese Persimmon varieties, and a natural dwarf, makes ‘Izu’ a fine self-fertile selection for smaller areas with shorter summers where ripening might otherwise be a problem. You only need one tree to produce a bumper crop of fruit and they ripen 3 weeks earlier than ‘Fuyu’. It is a non-astringent selection, meaning the fruit’s flesh isn’t “stringy,” making it perfect for eating hard or soft. The tree has layered branching with a graceful form to 12 feet or so tall and 8 feet wide, which makes it a good fit for backyard home orchards and the edible landscape. Lustrous medium to dark green leaves turn vivid shades of orange and amber during fall, and after the leaves fall the orange-red fruits hang like small pumpkins on the stems providing wonderful ornamental appeal. Very easy to grow in USDA Zones 7 to 10 and we’ve seen no pest or disease problems.

Note: Izu is a grafted persimmon tree, which means it is propagated by attaching a small, budding branch from an Izu tree onto the trunk, technically called the “rootstock,” of a different type of persimmon tree. Young Izu Persimmon trees are known for producing excess bark tissue at graft union toward the base of the tree, which can appear like a fungal growth. This excess bark tissue goes away within 2 to 3 years after the grafting was done.