Hey guys, now that the flowers have developed further, I have a follow up question. The flower buds on the tree in the second pic actually formed in to clusters. Either groups of 3 or 2 flower buds, and a few singles. Even though this was supposed to be an Asian persimmon of unknown variety, the flowers caused me to think this was just a native male tree. I have two of these trees and the flowers are the same on both. Anyway, I came across a thread on the old GW that indicates that some Kaki trees also form flowers in similar clusters, and while they are male flowers, they also produce some female flowers on the same tree.
Is there anyway to determine if these trees are Asian or American persimmon? Do male flowers of both types produce similar clusters? I know I can just wait to see if fruit ever forms, but hoping I can get some insight now instead of waiting another year or two - assuming nothing develops this year. If these two trees will never produce fruit, then I’ll probably go ahead and replace them. I can take more recent pics if needed.
Here is the link from GW. It’s the final post in the thread, posted by Fascist_Nation (is he posting here?). http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/1485362/persimmon-not-really-growing
