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Jiro Dwarf Persimmon
Diospyros kaki ‘Jiro’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 400mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Jiro Dwarf Persimmon - Diospyros kaki ‘Jiro’
Diospyros kaki ‘Jiro’ is the standard non-astringent persimmon of Australian home orchards, producing flat, squarish orange fruit that can be eaten crisp straight off the tree rather than waiting for it to go soft. On dwarfing stock it stays a 2 to 3m tree, so the entire crop sits within reach and no ladder work is needed. It also happens to be one of the best small deciduous trees for autumn colour, holding scarlet and orange leaves after the fruit has coloured up.
Why Jiro Dwarf Persimmon
Non-astringent fruit: The fruit is sweet and crunchy while still firm, which removes the guesswork that puts people off the older astringent varieties.
Reachable crop: A mature height of 2 to 3m keeps harvesting, netting and pruning to ground level work.
Self-fertile: It sets a reliable crop as a single tree, so there is no need to find room for a pollinator.
Twice ornamental: Glossy leaves turn scarlet in autumn, then drop to leave orange fruit hanging on bare wood.
Low pest pressure: Persimmon carries very few of the pest and disease problems that make stone fruit demanding in a domestic garden.
Ideal Applications
Backyard orchard row: Set at 2 to 2.5m in a row it fits a productive strip along a fence line or boundary.
Ornamental fruit tree: Placed as a single specimen in a lawn or bed it earns its position on autumn colour alone.
Courtyard and small block planting: Its capped size suits small gardens where a full sized fruit tree would overwhelm the space.
Edible landscaping: It integrates into a mixed ornamental bed without looking like a production tree parked in a garden.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2 to 2.5m in an orchard row
Spacing (feature/avenue): 3 to 4m
Best Planting Season: Winter, June to August, while fully dormant
Soil & Drainage: Deep, free draining loam at pH 6 to 7; fruit drops badly on waterlogged or compacted ground
Establishment Care: Keep soil moisture even from flowering right through to harvest, because irregular watering is the main cause of premature fruit drop. Mulch to 75mm, avoid deep cultivation near the trunk as persimmon roots are brittle, and feed in late winter with a balanced fruit tree fertiliser.
Plant Details
Height: 2 to 3m
Width: 1.5 to 2.5m
Growth Rate: Slow to moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun, with shelter from strong wind while fruit is sizing
Native to: Cultivar of a species from China and Japan
Flower Colour: Insignificant, small and creamy yellow
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







