Cooler temperatures are forecast over the weekend. As the season progresses, our first frost should be coming soon. Because I work with homeowners, farmers and farmers’ markets, I never know the ...

November means it is time to pick persimmons. Some gardeners enjoy eating the fruits of our native persimmon, while others harvest them to predict the weather. For years, gardeners have been cutting ...

While native persimmons are often not a good choice for a landscape plant, oriental (Japanese) persimmons may be. Unlike their native cousins that produce unwanted sprouts in the yard, are typically ...

A few weeks ago, after a tedious morning of errands, I came home, sat on my porch and dipped a spoon into a deep-orange Hachiya persimmon. I'd picked it at the Matt Family Orchard in Tomball. Pulpy, ...

We have had lots of rain and wind. Many of the ponds have filled, and some areas have flooded. Even though the weather has been rough, our office still receives calls. Here are a few from this past ...

When do I harvest my Asian persimmons? They are so big and beautiful! It’s always dicey. The longer you leave persimmons on the tree, the sweeter they get. But if they get hit with a hard freeze, they ...

Asian persimmons (Diospyros kaki) are eye-popping small ornamental trees. They have wonderful yellow and orange fall colors and produce copious quantities of large orange fruit that hang on the tree ...

Persimmon trees produce some of the most gorgeous fruit, putting on a show toward the end of autumn when the rest of our shrubberies, flowers, and landscaping has started to fade. If you want to add ...

Asian persimmons (Diospyros kaki) are eye-popping small ornamental trees. They have wonderful yellow and orange fall color and produce copious quantities of large orange fruit that hang on the tree ...