It was really difficult for me to find the english name of the tree. The problem starts from Greek mythology, Homer, Odysseus and lotus-eaters. We use the word lotus for the tree and the persimmon fruits, but for people in other countries, lotus is something else.

I was searching in wikipedia and flickr to find the name because google can’t help me very much. In my family we love Persimmon fruits and we eat a lot of them in winter. For this reason we plant one tree in the plot some years before.

This month the fruits are green and the tree grow normally without watering from us. It’s not so easy to grow trees without watering but we give them a try.

read more »

I think that linden is the common word in N. America and lime in Britain for my Tilia trees.

I have three big trees full of flowers and the scent outside my home is marvelous. The honey bees make party in the trees this month and they ‘re so friendly. I can harvest the tea without… bee-problems.

Here in Greece we don’t drink tea so often and never in summer, we prefer frozen coffee. But we drink tea in winter, mostly when we have cough and feel bad.

We plant these trees in the street when I was child and I love them for the spring aroma and the summer shadow mostly.