Diospyros virginiana x kaki Nikita’s Gift ‘Nikitskaya Bordovaya’
Diospyros Nikita's Gift is a unique hybrid of Asian and American persimmon that bears bountiful crops of sweet reddish-orange fruit.
Diospyros Nikita’s Gift bears bountiful crops of sweet and flavourful, reddish-orange fruit followed by strikingly beautiful, orange-yellow fall foliage. The fruit is ready to eat when soft and tender like a ripe tomato. Nikita’s Gift is a unique hybrid of Asian and American persimmon that combines the larger fruit of the Asian persimmon with the hardiness of the American persimmon. Self-fertile.
Common Name: Persimmon
Family: Ebenaceae (The Ebony Family)
Zone Hardiness: 5-10
Light: Full Sun
Height: 10-15'
Width: 8-10'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour:
Class: Deciduous
Type: Shrub
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries: Orange
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
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