A positively prolific producer of pawpaw fruits, this cultivar of the beloved small native tree will keep you and your wildlife neighborhood flush with fruit (as long as you have multiple plants from different sources). The purple-brown flowers develop into large banana-like yellow pawpaws when they mature in early fall. The 6” oblong leaves turn also turn yellow in autumn.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade; moist, acidic, fertile soil; will grow in full shade but becomes leggy
Size: 15’-30’ tall, 15’-30’ spread
Zone: 5 - 9
Wildlife Value: Fruits provide food for birds, raccoons, possums, squirrels, fox, and turkeys; flowers support flies and beetles; larval host for the Zebra Swallowtail
Photo: Wendell Smith