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Paw Paw Tree
Paw Paw Tree
The Paw Paw Tree is an ornamental tree that produces sweet, banana-flavored fruit. It grows to 30', has fragrant purple blooms and large, drooping leaves. Fleshy, oblong-shaped fruit makes unique-flavored pastries and breads. Paw Paw Tree fruit grows 3-5'' long and weighs up to 8 oz. with 3-7 in a cluster. Sub-zero hardy and insect free. Plant two trees for pollination. We send healthy 1 1/2 - 3' trees.
- Hardiness Zones 5-9
- Light Required Full Sun
- Spread 30 - 40 feet
- Deer Resistant
- Height 15 - 20 feet
We ship this item in Spring
sku: 73647
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Product Details
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Botanical Name :
Asimina triloba -
Zones:
5-9 -
Colors :
Light green fruit with cream colored flesh. -
Light Required :
Full Sun -
Spread :
30 - 40 feet -
Offer Size :
18"-36" Bareroot -
Form :
Tree, Shrub, Fruit Tree, Native Tree -
Height :
15 - 20 feet -
Spacing :
30 - 40 feet -
Foliage :
Large, green leaves. -
Flower Form :
Tulip-shaped; fragrant. -
Blooms :
Late Summer, All Summer, Fall -
Fruit :
Greenish-yellow, almost black when ripe. -
Growth Rate :
Slow -
Pollinator :
Plant 2-3 plants to ensure pollination. Pawpaw trees are not self fertile. Pollen must be transferred to the female flowers of a different Pawpaw tree. The more trees that are planted in a grouping the better pollination, resulting in better fruit product -
Pruning :
You can prune them back to about a 3 feet high and they will then throw several new branches from below the cut. Each branch will bear fruit and, provided that you fertilize the tree well, the fruit will be of a good size. You can repeat the pruning on each of the branches once they again become too tall to harvest easily.
Shipping Information
Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country using the shipping timeframes outlined below. We continually monitor weather conditions for extreme hot or cold and adjust shipping schedules as needed. Due to hot weather conditions, we are unable to ship most plant items in July and August.
| Fruit Trees | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zones | First Ship Date | Last Ship Date | |||||||
| 3A-4B | 3/27/2023 | 6/2/2023 | |||||||
| 5A | 3/13/2023 | 6/2/2023 | |||||||
| 5B-6B | 2/27/2023 | 6/2/2023 | |||||||
| 7A-7B | 2/6/2023 | 6/2/2023 | |||||||
| 8A-10B | 2/6/2023 | 5/12/2023 | |||||||
Customer Reviews
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Pawpaws fruit in 5 years
Oct 15, 2022 | By Joseph Jannuzzi
I bought 3 of Burgess' variety of Pawpaws. It's true Pawpaws are easier to grow from seed but with these small trees that were shipped to me I now have an abundance of fruits for the last 3 years.
The trick for planting, get them into the ground, be patient and plant them in a shady area that can be pruned to allow for the older trees to grow. The young trees need shelter from direct sun. I thought my seedlings were dead but you can check by scratching the outer layer of the stem and if it's green they are alive.
