Diospyros kaki 'Hana Gosho'
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'Hana Gosho' persimmon has vigorous upright growth and strong scaffold branching. It is late-ripening and an early-bearing cultivar with consistent yields. In order to ensure better fruiting, planting two cultivars is recommended. Tolerates a wide range of soils but prefers deep, moist, slightly acid and well-drained loams on the sandy side. Drought tolerant when established. Good tolerance of heat and humidity but not wet clay soils.
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Good disease and insect resistance.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Diospyros
- Species:
- kaki
- Family:
- Ebenaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Seed
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Asia
- Edibility:
- Edible fruits
- Dimensions:
- Height: 12 ft. 0 in. - 15 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 8 ft. 0 in. - 10 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Edible
- Tree
- Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Erect
- Multi-stemmed
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Maintenance:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- High Organic Matter
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Shallow Rocky
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Alkaline (>8.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Available Space To Plant:
- 6-feet-12 feet
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Piedmont
- Usda Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Orange
- Fruit Value To Gardener:
- Edible
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Fall
- Fruit Type:
- Berry
- Fruit Description:
- Produces medium to large-sized orange to red fruit. It is usually flat or conic with a light-flesh. The fruit is non-astringent and sweet, ripens from September to October
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Cream/Tan
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Insignificant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Petals:
- 4-5 petals/rays
- Flower Description:
- It produces small amount of male flower. The female flowers have a creamy yellow color and tend to grow singly. The flowers have four crown-shaped sepals and four petals. It blooms from May to June.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Feel:
- Glossy
- Deciduous Leaf Fall Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Orange
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Shape:
- Lanceolate
- Obovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 3-6 inches
- Leaf Width:
- 3-6 inches
- Leaf Description:
- The leaves are glossy green and 4-5 inches long which turn yellow to orange in fall.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Meadow
- Naturalized Area
- Landscape Theme:
- Edible Garden
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Diseases
- Drought
- Insect Pests
- Diospyros kaki 'Hana Gosho' is often confused with:
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Diospyros kaki
- Plants that fill a similar niche:
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Diospyros kaki 'Fuyu'
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Diospyros kaki 'Jiro'
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Diospyros virginiana 'C-100'
