Persimmon SeedAmerican Persimmon seeds American persimmon is one of my all time favorite trees. There is truly nothing like a ripe persimmon. Persimmon are easy and rewarding to grow from seed. Once established there is little that can slow these trees down. The trees we collected seed from this year experienced a rough drought and still produced loads of fruit. This year we are able to offer seed from several trees planted by John Hershey in Downingtown PA. John

I went nuts after that first encounter

Known to have weaker wood than other oak species

Trunks typically max out at 8-12 inch diameter

good tree health

Across much of the east coast and Midwest oak species play a keystone role in the environment

Upon receiving your seeds we recommend direct sowing outside or holding in the fridge until spring

If cut back to ground level elderberry will send up new shoots

It is hard to know how much American Hazelnut diversity was lost in the process of colonization

Interestingly heartnut are largely resistant to butternut canker

There is truly nothing like a ripe persimmon

In the wild elderberry are rather abundant and the genetic pool in the wild populations is very diverse

The main reasons for this are land clearing for new construction and logging practices which favor clear cuts and pine plantations