American persimmon trees produce smaller, sweet fruits that must ripen fully to be edible. They are grown for their fruits and as ornamental trees. Inputs Hardiness zone 41 Hardiness zone 51 Hardiness zone 61 Hardiness zone 71 Hardiness zone 81 Outputs Human food2 Type Diospyrus spp. - Persimmon Tree Deciduous Functions Attracting bees1 Wildlife habitat1 Footnotes Diospyros virginiana | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 10-1 ↩