There is a shortage of persimmon plants – I have had a number of enquiries from growers, and also from retail nurseries looking for wholesale reply.
A recent article from Southland Times confirmed this, with Waikato’s Wairere Nursery reporteddly sitting on 86 orders for Hass avocado plants. And while the article was about avocado plants, owner Lloyd Houghton said “There’s a wait list for persimmons, too, he said, and about 100 people missed out”.