2. Common Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) Being able to grow and eat your own food is rewarding, and it's back as a big garden trend. So planting fruit trees in your backyard is a wonderful idea.

Bare-root seedings will be provided to local residents as part of an onging effort to replenish the tree canopy.

This year, I was delighted to see the return of American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) to the tree list. Several years ago, I took home a tiny, 3-foot-tall seedling and it has since grown into ...