Some people say that ripe persimmons taste a little bit like dates and there is even a variety of persimmon tree that is commonly called the Date Plum tree! (thephilosophie.com)
There's a thicket of blueberry bushes, a Japanese persimmon tree, a pomegranate tree (which isn't doing too hot in this humid VA weather), a bed of asparagus, a mulberry bush and rows and rows of perennial flowers. (willfrolicforfood.com)
Now I live in California, where persimmon trees grow in our garden. (tastefoodblog.com)