Tree Descriptions
Common Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
| Height: | 5-10’ |
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| Width: | 5-10’ |
| Growth Rate: | fast |
| Soil: | loam |
| Moisture: | moist |
| Shade Tolerance: | sun |
| Bloom Time: | July-September |
| Flower Color: | purple |
| Uses: | ornamental, butterflies |
| Spacing: | 6’ X 6’ |
| Habitat: | Prefers fertile, moist, well-drained loamy soil and full sun. |
| Notes: | Unkepmt growth habit, may have invasive tendencies. |
Sweetly scented. Huge Violet Flower spikes Really Bring in the Butterflies! Blooms from summer to fall! This easily-grown sun-lover flowers the first year! Every garden deserves this heavy-blooming, sweetly fragrant, violet Butterfly Bush! From summer to fall, it bears huge foot-long trusses so laden with blooms that they bend outwards from the shrubby 6 to 8-foot plant! Butterflies arrive in droves to sip its nectar, adding their own magnificent color to your garden. The aroma is heavenly -- no wonder it's called "Summer Lilac".
Large deciduous shrub with arching canes and an unkempt growth habit. Can be pruned to the ground in the spring and grow back 5-8' tall in a single growing season. Very showy clusters of purple flowers that attract many butterflies and moths. Cultivars are available with pink, red and white flowers. Blooms from mid to late summer until the first frost. Remove dead flowers to encourage continued flowering. More attractive in mass plantings than as a specimen.
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