on the edges of the swamps and rivers and also in the sand hills....there are a couple varieties including parsley leaf. There are some really nice larger ones(for inspiration) off the parking lot and boat ramp(go under the bridge) at the oxbow lake on 601 near the Wateree river(I haven't looked for them since they recently rebuilt that bridge but I would think they are still there).
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Leo in N E Illinois
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our native persimmon is excellent for fruiting bonsai. Leavesdon't reduces as well as some would like, usually displayed in winter with fruit.
Best feature, American persimmon develops a wonderful alligator bark (square bark plates). Bark begins to show at less than 10 years, is well developed by 20 - 25 years. No princess persimmon will ever develop a heavy fissured plated bark.
Best feature, American persimmon develops a wonderful alligator bark (square bark plates). Bark begins to show at less than 10 years, is well developed by 20 - 25 years. No princess persimmon will ever develop a heavy fissured plated bark.
Leo in N E Illinois
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black locust, Robinia, at least in my care, they are not as hearty in pots as they are in the ground. Because they are so weedy in the ground, I did not give mine much attention when potted. It died, don't know why. Need to start over. I like the flowers and the bark, but have been more focused on other trees. I think part of their extreme vigor in the ground is their mycorrhizae associations. In a pot that tends to break down.
M. Frary
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I hate locust so much from having to work with them in my job that the only good locust tree is a dead locust tree.
No better feeling than squirting agent orange on them. Or running them over with a giant mower. Or ripping out a full grown one with an excavator and seeing it drug to the giant chipper.
Whew! Glad to get that off of my chest.
No better feeling than squirting agent orange on them. Or running them over with a giant mower. Or ripping out a full grown one with an excavator and seeing it drug to the giant chipper.
Whew! Glad to get that off of my chest.
