25 JAPANESE RAISIN TREE Edible Fruit Oriental Honey Flowers Hovenia Dulcis Seeds

DESCRIPTION: NAME: Japanese Raisin Tree OTHER COMMON NAMES: Oriental Raisin Tree / Honey Tree SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hovenia Dulcis COLOR: Cream Colored Flowers / Reddish Brown Fruit PLANT SEEDS: When soil temp warms to 60 - 70F BLOOM TIME: Flowers in July HARVEST: Fruit Sept - Oct HARDINESS ZONE: 5 - 9 PLANT HEIGHT: 20 - 40' PLANT SPACING: 30 - 40' LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average QUANTITY: 25 Seeds OTHER: The Japanese Raisin Tree is ornamental & produces edible pear flavored fruit. This Asian native also has traditional medicinal uses. The trees hard wood is used for lots of things from building construction to fine furniture, & burns slowly so is good for fires. Extracts from the plants are also used as a honey substitute used in candies & wine. Raisin Trees have big glossy leaves that measure up to 6" long, & large fragrant clusters of flowers. The flowers are replaced by small edible fruit that is also fragrant. While the fruit i