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Host to the zebra swallowtail. Sweet fruits are edible. Sparingly spreads by underground suckers.
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Asimina triloba
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The attractive, one-inch, reddish/brown flowers appear before the leaves in spring, but it is the shiny magnolia-like foliage that really makes this a handsome tree. The pawpaw is and understory tree and prefers good soil in low areas. It produces an edible, sweet fruit in the fall that tastes somewhat like a banana. This is a host plant for the zebra swallowtail. It does spread a little by suckers; however, those suckers can be controlled with an occasional mowing.
Uses: butterflies, wildflife, edible, rain garden
Bloom time: April - May
Height: 20 to 30 feet
Space: 8 to 16 feet
Light: Sun to shade
Moisture: Average to moist
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While doing some research, I found you should buy at least two trees that are not clones or siblings for pollination. How can I be sure of this if I buy both from you?
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Ashlea
- 9/16/2017
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We grow ours from seed. This ensures that they are not clones.
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Approximately how tall are your Pawpaw trees in the Gallon/larger pots?
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Steven Johnson
- 8/27/2019
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We usually start selling them when they are about a foot tall.
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I have a question about Pawpaw trees. My information from the extension office states that 2 or more genotypes are required for pollination and fruit set. Are each on your trees genetically different? What cultivar are the trees you sell? Thank you!
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Crystal Hinman
- 5/4/2020
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Ours are grown from seed collected from wild populations. There is a small chance that one of our sources is a particular cultivar (we could look into it), but we get seeds from multiple naturally occurring
groves throughout the state every year.
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I am thinking about purchasing some pawpaws. Can you comment on the cultivar you sell versus the "improved cultivars" that supposedly provide better disease resistance and fruit quality? Also, how many years before the trees would produce fruit (assuming successful pollination)? Thanks very much.
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Keith Piontek
- 3/5/2021
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Approximately how tall are the trees in gallon pots? Thanks!
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Ashley
- 3/22/2021
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how tall are the trees in quart pots? thank you
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leah hynson
- 3/25/2021
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Is this a grafted tree? I am looking for a grafted variety in order to get fruit in shorter time frame.
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Abby Gerdemann
- 5/17/2021
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It is not grafted. They are grown from seed and are still fairly young.
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It is my understanding that the pawpaw must have two tree from different cultivars in order to fruit. If ordering g two plants from you will they come from different cultivars or the same?
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Aaron Odle
- 10/2/2022
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Ours are grown from seed from multiple plants, so they are genetically different.
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