Japanese Persimmon - Diospyros Kaki - Exotic Bonsai / Fruit Tree - 5 Seeds Bonsai

Japanese Persimmon - Diospyros Kaki - Exotic Bonsai / Fruit Tree - 5 Seeds BonsaiDiospyros kaki, better known as the Japanese Persimmon, Kaki Persimmon or Asian Persimmon in North America, is the most widely cultivated species of the Diospyros genus. The kaki is also among the oldest plants in cultivation, known for its use in China for more than 2000 years. The persimmon (kaki) is a sweet, slightly tangy fruit with a soft to occasionally fibrous texture. The spherical to oval fruit bearing the indented stem and four sepals, can

Originally introduced from Irkutsk

The genus Ooophytum is restricted to the quartz fields of the Knersvlakte in the north of the Western Cape Province

Young roots can be eaten like a vegetable (with a peppery flavour)

Growing from 30cm to 50cm with long narrow leaves sheathed at the base and scented white/ cream flowers with pink/ mauve at the tips

Sow in spring to early summer with summer to autumn flowering

inclined spike of deep blue flowers with red centre outlined in white spring

large round seed heads

Straggling perennial

the Indian Ocean and Asia

This great heirloom variety produces 5 to 6ft tall maize plants maturing at around 80 days

medium to large sized evergreen conifer with distinctive flaking orange/red-brown bark

chinensis prefers slopes and likes also to grow in ravines