Fruit Tree Planner

Plan compatible pollination partners, compare varieties, and understand flowering compatibility for apples, pears, plums, blueberries, cherries, and more.

Step 1

Choose a fruit type

Fruit type

Start here. The helper uses different rules for apples, plums, blueberries, kiwis, and other fruit groups.

41 options available.

Type to narrow the list.

Selected fruit

Persimmon

9 tracked varieties

Many named persimmon cultivars can fruit on their own, but a second compatible persimmon often improves reliability and can increase the number of well-filled fruit. American and Asian persimmons are best matched within their own group.

If you plant more than one persimmon, keep them close enough for bees to work both trees during bloom. In home plantings, about 50 feet or less is a good target.

Step 2

Choose what you want to check

Current goal

Single variety

Choose one variety and Willowbottom will show the best pollination partners.

Step 3

Choose your variety

Main variety

Choose one variety to see the strongest pollination partners.

9 options available.

Type to narrow the list.

Optional comparison variety

Optional direct pair check.

8 options available.

USDA zone (optional)

Used to sort matches and flag climate cautions.

Pick a variety first, then scroll to Step 4 for ranked partners, warnings, and the optional pair check.

Step 4

See recommendations

Selected variety

Meader

American persimmon

Mid bloom - mid bloom

Can fruit alone, but still benefits from a partnerPartner guidance included

Bloom timing

Bloom group mid - mid bloom.

What to do

Many persimmons can fruit alone, but a second compatible persimmon often improves consistency and fruit fill.

About this variety

Meader is very sweet with low acidity and real depth, with soft, juicy flesh and medium fruit. Choose it for fresh eating, drying, and late-season sweet preserves, but skip it if you want early harvests, tart flavor, or a crisp acidic fruit. It usually ripens around mid to late October.

This shows compatible pollinators. Choose based on flavor and harvest timing.

Usually grown in USDA zones 5-9.

Meader can fruit alone, but it still benefits from a partner. Many persimmons can fruit alone, but a second compatible persimmon often improves consistency and fruit fill. It flowers in mid bloom, which is worth knowing if you add a second tree later. Usually grown in USDA zones 5-9.

No single variety stands out as the obvious partner, but that is not a problem here: Prairie Star, Prok, Szukis, and Yates all bloom close enough to work. Pick whichever your nursery actually carries. If you plant more than one persimmon, keep them close enough for bees to work both trees during bloom. In home plantings, about 50 feet or less is a good target.

One thing to keep in mind. American and Asian persimmons are best matched within their own group.

To put that into practice: at a minimum, one self-fruitful persimmon can work, but two compatible persimmons usually give you steadier crops. Better still, plant two compatible persimmons from the same group, such as two Asian or two American cultivars, for better fruit set and more backup. If you already planted one self-fruitful persimmon, add a second compatible cultivar only if you want stronger yield and a better buffer against weak bloom years.

Good backups

These are still useful choices when the very best option is not available at your nursery.

Prairie Star

American persimmon

Mid bloom - mid bloom

Good backup

Blooms in the same window. Zone fit is unknown or not a major tie-breaker here.

Zone unknownSame bloom window

Why choose this?

Prairie Star is sweet with just enough acidity to stay lively, with soft, juicy flesh and small fruit. In this group, this brings more acidity and bite than most of the others shown. Choose it for very cold climates and native-plant enthusiasts who want a hardy American persimmon, but skip it if you want large fruit, non-astringent texture, or the convenience of eating firm like Asian types. It usually ripens around mid to late October, earlier than most of the others shown.

Prok

American persimmon

Mid bloom - mid bloom

Good backup

Blooms in the same window. Zone fit is unknown or not a major tie-breaker here.

Zone unknownSame bloom window

Why choose this?

Prok is very sweet with low acidity, with soft, juicy flesh and small fruit. In this group, it is one of the sweeter, lower-acid choices. Choose it for fresh eating after full ripeness, jam, pulp, and cold-climate native-fruit plantings, but skip it if you want large, non-astringent fruit that can be eaten firm off the tree. It usually ripens around early November, in the middle of this group.

Szukis

American persimmon

Mid bloom - mid bloom

Good backup

Blooms in the same window. Zone fit is unknown or not a major tie-breaker here.

Zone unknownSame bloom window

Why choose this?

Szukis is very sweet with low acidity, with soft, juicy flesh and small fruit. In this group, it is one of the sweeter, lower-acid choices. Choose it for cold-climate fresh eating after ripeness and native-fruit home orchards, but skip it if you want large fruit, non-astringent texture, or an Asian-style persimmon. It usually ripens around mid to late October, earlier than most of the others shown.

Yates

American persimmon

Mid bloom - mid bloom

Good backup

Blooms in the same window. Zone fit is unknown or not a major tie-breaker here.

Zone unknownSame bloom window

Why choose this?

Yates is sweet with just enough acidity to stay lively, with soft, juicy flesh and small fruit. In this group, this brings more acidity and bite than most of the others shown. Choose it for fresh eating, pulp, and late-season cold-hardy persimmon harvests, but skip it if you want large non-astringent fruit or an Asian persimmon experience. It usually ripens around mid November, later than most of the others shown.

Avoid

These are poor bets to rely on for this variety.

Fuyu

Asian persimmon

Mid bloom - late bloom

Avoid

Blooms close enough to overlap in many home plantings. Zone fit is unknown or not a major tie-breaker here.

Zone unknownNearby bloom window

These are not in the same pollination group.

Why choose this?

Fuyu is sweet with just enough acidity to stay lively, with very crisp, firm texture and medium fruit. In this group, this brings more acidity and bite than most of the others shown. Choose it for fresh eating, slicing, salads, and a non-astringent persimmon, but skip it if you want growers who prefer the most intense, concentrated persimmon sweetness that only develops in soft astringent types. It usually ripens around mid to late October, earlier than most of the others shown.

Hachiya

Asian persimmon

Mid bloom - late bloom

Avoid

Blooms close enough to overlap in many home plantings. Zone fit is unknown or not a major tie-breaker here.

Zone unknownNearby bloom window

These are not in the same pollination group.

Why choose this?

Hachiya is sweet with just enough acidity to stay lively, with soft, juicy flesh and very large fruit. In this group, this brings more acidity and bite than most of the others shown. Choose it for fresh eating when fully ripe, baking, smoothies, and drying, but skip it if you want to eat fruit firm off the tree - Hachiya is astringent and must be very soft before eating. It usually ripens around early November, later than most of the others shown.

Izu

Asian persimmon

Mid bloom - mid-late bloom

Avoid

Blooms close enough to overlap in many home plantings. Zone fit is unknown or not a major tie-breaker here.

Zone unknownNearby bloom window

These are not in the same pollination group.

Why choose this?

Izu is sweet with just enough acidity to stay lively, with very crisp, firm texture and medium fruit. In this group, this brings more acidity and bite than most of the others shown. Choose it for fresh eating and small-space a compact non-astringent persimmon tree, but skip it if you want maximum fruit size or the richest, deepest persimmon sweetness. It usually ripens around mid to late October, earlier than most of the others shown.

Saijo

Asian persimmon

Mid bloom - mid-late bloom

Avoid

Blooms close enough to overlap in many home plantings. Zone fit is unknown or not a major tie-breaker here.

Zone unknownNearby bloom window

These are not in the same pollination group.

Why choose this?

Saijo is very sweet with low acidity, with soft, juicy flesh and medium fruit. In this group, it is one of the softer, juicier choices, so it leans more toward fresh eating than long holding. Choose it for fresh eating, drying, and one of the sweetest Japanese persimmons, but skip it if you want non-astringent types that can be eaten crisp, or very large show fruit. It usually ripens around early November, later than most of the others shown.

Minimum planting guidance

Use the minimum, ideal, and fallback plan to size the planting to your space and goals.

Minimum setup

One self-fruitful persimmon can work, but two compatible persimmons usually give you steadier crops.

Ideal setup

Plant two compatible persimmons from the same group, such as two Asian or two American cultivars, for better fruit set and more backup.

Fallback plan

If you already planted one self-fruitful persimmon, add a second compatible cultivar only if you want stronger yield and a better buffer against weak bloom years.

Important notes

These notes keep the key cautions and practical details easy to scan.

Warnings

American and Asian persimmons are best matched within their own group.

Helpful notes

If you plant more than one persimmon, keep them close enough for bees to work both trees during bloom. In home plantings, about 50 feet or less is a good target.

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Every fruit and variety we cover

444 varieties across 41 fruit types. Open a crop to see the varieties, or pick one to jump straight to its pollination partners.

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