Persimmon Trees

Persimmon Trees will go on sale in August and again in December. Trees will ship the following spring on a date you choose from the calendar at checkout.

Grafted female bare-root American persimmon trees for sale. We have excellent cold-hardy varieties for planting persimmon trees for deer. Because these varieties all have 90 chromosomes, they will grow out of the native range of persimmons. They produce an abundance of fruit annually. Depending on the variety you choose, these grafted female varieties of persimmon trees for deer will give you a nice drop from late summer through into winter.

The white-tailed deer love persimmons because of their sweet plum-like fruit. This has led me to find some new cold, hardy persimmon trees from the north. So, I began searching for American persimmon trees growing out of the native range. You will see newly named varieties of female persimmon trees, like Full Draw™ and Deer luscious™. The polar vortex of 1994 and 2019 showed me something special about these two northern trees.

The grafted bare-root persimmon trees for sale were chosen for many reasons. One is that they are growing out of the native range of persimmons. Two, they are producing without a male pollinator. Third, they produce heavily with some great drop times! Persimmon trees are a great way to provide a solid food source to diversify your tree plots better.

The grafted female persimmon varieties and seedling-grown female trees we have for sale will all produce seedless fruit without a pollinator because they are self-fruitful. I have cut down and removed all my male trees, which left all my female trees producing seedless fruit. The female trees continued to produce heavily through parthenocarpy, which means the development of fruit without prior fertilization.