Overview

Introduce a truly unique and delightful fruit tree to your landscape with the Coffeecake Persimmon tree. This exceptional variety is renowned for its distinctive spicy-sweet flavor, reminiscent of cinnamon pastry and morning coffee, making it a standout among persimmon types. Our offering is a robust 3 to 4 feet tall grafted persimmon plant, carefully nurtured and shipped in a 3-gallon pot, ensuring it arrives healthy and ready for successful establishment in your garden. As a non-astringent persimmon, the fruit can be enjoyed while still firm, offering a versatile culinary experience. This hardy, attractive tree is practically free of common pests and diseases, promising a rewarding and low-maintenance addition to your edible landscape.

The ‘Coffeecake’ variety (Diospyros kaki ‘Coffeecake’) is highly prized for its rich, complex taste and early ripening period, typically maturing around the same time as ‘Chocolate’ persimmons and several weeks before ‘Fuyu’. Its unique flavor profile is a result of its pollination-variant non-astringent nature, where the flesh develops a dark, sweet, and firm texture when pollinated. Even without pollination, it remains a delicious, albeit lighter-fleshed, fruit. This Coffeecake Persimmon tree is an excellent choice for home gardeners seeking a gourmet fruit and a resilient, ornamental addition to their yard.

Key Benefits

The Coffeecake Persimmon tree offers a multitude of advantages for the discerning gardener and fruit enthusiast:

• Unique Flavor Profile: Enjoy a truly distinctive, spicy-sweet fruit that evokes notes of cinnamon and coffee, setting it apart from other persimmon varieties. This gourmet flavor makes the Coffeecake persimmon fruit a culinary delight.
• Non-Astringent Qualities: Unlike many persimmons, the ‘Coffeecake’ variety is non-astringent and can be eaten while still firm, providing greater versatility in how and when you enjoy your harvest.
• Early Ripening: Experience an earlier harvest compared to many other persimmons, with fruit ripening about the same time as ‘Chocolate’ and earlier than ‘Fuyu’, extending your fresh fruit season.
• Hardy & Disease Resistant: This robust tree is known for its hardiness and excellent resistance to common pests and diseases, simplifying its care and ensuring a healthy plant for years to come.
• Attractive Ornamental Value: Beyond its delicious fruit, the ‘Coffeecake’ persimmon is an attractive tree, providing beautiful foliage and structure to your garden throughout the seasons.
• Grafted Quality: Our grafted persimmon plant ensures you receive a tree with desired fruit characteristics and often improved vigor and earlier fruiting compared to seed-grown trees.
• Low Chilling Requirement: With an estimated chilling requirement of 200 hours or less, this persimmon is suitable for a wide range of climates, including many warmer regions.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Proper care is essential for a thriving Coffeecake Persimmon tree and abundant harvests. This hardy specimen prefers a location with full sun, meaning at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day. While it can tolerate partial shade, optimal fruit production and flavor development occur in full sun. When planting, ensure the site has well-draining soil. Persimmons are adaptable to various soil types, but they thrive in loamy, fertile soils with a pH between 6.0 and 7.0. Avoid heavy, waterlogged soils, as this can lead to root issues. A good practice for persimmon tree care is to amend the planting hole with compost to improve soil structure and fertility.

Watering is crucial, especially during the first few years after planting and during dry spells. Provide deep, consistent watering, aiming to keep the soil consistently moist but not waterlogged. Once established, the Coffeecake Persimmon tree becomes more drought-tolerant, but supplemental watering during prolonged dry periods will benefit fruit size and quality. Fertilize in early spring with a balanced slow-release fertilizer, following product instructions. Young trees benefit from regular, light feeding to encourage strong growth. Protect young trees from extreme winter conditions in colder zones, though established trees are quite resilient. Pests and diseases are generally not a major concern for this variety, but monitor for any issues and address them promptly with organic or appropriate treatments. Pruning primarily involves removing dead, damaged, or crossing branches to maintain good air circulation and tree structure.

Understanding the chilling requirement is also part of good persimmon tree care; with 200 hours or less, this variety is well-suited for many regions. When considering a grafted persimmon plant, remember that proper planting depth and initial care are vital for the graft union’s success. Ensure the graft union remains above the soil line. For optimal growth and fruit production, provide adequate space for the tree to mature, typically allowing 15-20 feet between trees.

Size & Details

This offering is for one Coffeecake Persimmon tree, a live plant measuring approximately 3 to 4 feet tall from the base of the pot to the tip of the foliage. It is a grafted persimmon plant, ensuring true-to-type fruit characteristics and often faster maturity. The tree is established in a 3-gallon nursery pot, providing a robust root system ready for transplanting into your garden. Expect a moderate growth rate, eventually reaching a mature height of 20-30 feet with a similar spread, depending on pruning and growing conditions. The fruit typically ripens in late summer to early fall, offering a delicious harvest. This variety is known for its excellent production of the sought-after Coffeecake persimmon fruit.

The estimated chilling requirement for this variety is 200 hours or less, making it suitable for USDA hardiness zones where winters are mild to moderate. It will begin bearing fruit within a few years of planting, with production increasing as the tree matures. When you receive your Coffeecake Persimmon tree, it will be carefully packaged to minimize stress during transit, arriving healthy and ready to thrive in its new home.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this Coffeecake Persimmon tree get? A: This grafted persimmon plant is currently 3 to 4 feet tall and can reach a mature height of 20-30 feet with a similar spread, depending on growing conditions and pruning practices.
• Q: What size pot does it come in? A: The Coffeecake Persimmon tree is shipped established in a 3-gallon nursery pot, providing a healthy root system for successful transplanting.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: This is an outdoor fruit tree, best suited for planting directly in the ground in appropriate USDA hardiness zones. It requires outdoor conditions to thrive and produce fruit.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: For optimal growth and fruit production, the Coffeecake Persimmon tree requires full sun, meaning at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, this variety is generally considered hardy and relatively low-maintenance, especially once established. It’s known for being practically free of pests and diseases, making persimmon tree care straightforward.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your Coffeecake Persimmon tree will arrive as a healthy, live plant, carefully packaged in its 3-gallon pot to ensure it reaches you in excellent condition, ready for planting.
• Q: When is the best time to plant this tree? A: The best time to plant is typically in early spring or fall, allowing the tree to establish its roots before extreme summer heat or winter cold.
• Q: Can I eat the Coffeecake persimmon fruit while it’s firm? A: Yes, this is a non-astringent persimmon, meaning you can enjoy the delicious Coffeecake persimmon fruit even when it is still firm, unlike astringent varieties that require full softening.
• Q: What is the estimated chilling requirement for this tree? A: The estimated chilling requirement for the ‘Coffeecake’ persimmon is 200 hours or less, making it suitable for many regions with mild to moderate winters.
• Q: Does this tree need another persimmon to pollinate? A: While ‘Coffeecake’ persimmon can produce fruit without a pollinator, the unique dark flesh and richer flavor of the Coffeecake persimmon fruit are enhanced by cross-pollination with another suitable variety (like ‘Chocolate’).