Diospyros lotus Batch No:176287 with single deep blush-pink flowers

with single deep blush-pink flowers followed by dark purple brown leaves and blackish-purple shoots

acidic soil (though fairly tolerant of alkaline) and medium shade

with white to pale rose flowers and golden-yellow

having been cultivated to feed silkworms for silk production for over four thousand years

even then staunchly retaining its jolly crop of dark marble-sized cone-like fruits through the depths of winter

Diospyros lotus Batch No:176287 with single deep blush-pink flowersDecidious. This perfectly hardy small sized tree has a tropical look but is in fact perfectly hardy. Produces small oval yellow to purple inedible fruits in late summer to autumn.