Paw Paw Asimina triloba
Poor Man's Banana - a native deciduous edible fruit tree, fruit looks like mangos and tasting like a combination of vanilla custard, banana, mango, avocado and pineapple. Host plant to the Zebra swallowtail butterfly. Young pawpaw plant is very sensitive to full sunlight and requires filtered sun for the first year or two. Once established, pawpaw prefers full sun. The large dangling leaves dislike strong winds, two trees are need for pollination. Soil requires, fertile moist, but well drained and slightly acid.
Hardiness Zones: 5-9,
Soil: fertile, moist, slightly acid, well drained
Height 10-25 feet tall.
Host Plant: Zebra Swallowtail butterfly
Plant Sizes when available: 1 gallon, 3 gallon
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