Anyone grown sharon fruit trees?

Had my first sharon fruit today and cant believe i have been missing this for 27 years

Anyway i was wondering if it is possibly to grow it in the uk and if anyone does successfully?

I think the proper name for the tree is dipspyros lotus but could be wrong

Not having much luck getting good info off google

 

I was under the impression that the persimmons buoght in the super markets were Diopsyros kaki, but I could be wrong.
I tend to think its a tree that needs a bit of heat, and not sure how hardy it might prove to be in the UK.

Not seen it on any fruit tree lists for growing in the UK.

 

I don't think you can grow Persimmons in the UK, except perhaps under glass?

However, and this bit could be a false memory so I'd recommending a bit of research on this, but aren't they related to the Medlar fruit, which does grow in the UK? Unless I'm thinking of something else, which is possible.

Anyway, as an aside, if you like curry, try adding big chunks of Sharon fruit to the curry in the last 5 minutes of cooking. They keep all their sweetness and texture but also absorb all the lovely spicy flavours, making the whole thing extra divine.

 

Ah dammit i thought there wasn't much of a chance

Will have to win win the lottery and buy my neighbours house and put a massive glass house in the garden lol

Will have to do more research and look up medlar fruit

Last night my ipad came up with nothing on sharon fruit but the iphone google search found something that said they were hardy to uk 5 so thats frost tender isnt it

I can imagine sharon fruit in curry is amazing. I also have a dhansak for the pineapple as it is. So sounds right up my street.

Will have to do that in the future

 

Diospyros is part of the ebony family, mostly from warmer parts.
Aparently even those native to the USA do not ripen fruit in the UK.

Medlars are very different and belong to the rose family.

 

The AgroForestry Research Trust based (I think) in Devon has a wonderful list of fruit trees including several varieties of Persimmon. Might be worth checking with them whether you'd get fruit fromone in your area? http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/

 

Thanx guys

I dont think i will bother they seem like they would be far too much effort and too expensive to have

 

I was about to feel strangely complimented by this post until I read the next instalment....

 

I have known these fruits for many years AKA Kaki, Persimmons or Sharon fruit.

In Italy we have 2 varieties, chocolate or vanilla flavours.

In Cyprus you could pick off trees everywhere.

I buy them in our local market , giving them a good squeeze, unripe are too tart.

And above all I hate the flipping things.My husband cannot get enough of them.

 

Without fail, the Brits who come over here in December are amazed at the 'oranges' hanging on trees in peoples' gardens. They are pretty spectacular when there's not much other colour about. I planted a variety that is supposed to have non-astringent fruit. It had it's first flowers this spring and , a deer chomped the tree in half.
It's now fenced and has put on lots of new growth, so for next year......